Ethan Hawke: Robin Williams Never Followed Dead Poets Society Script

Ethan Hawke will never forget what he learned from working with Robin Williams on 1989’s Dead Poets Society .

During a recent career retrospective video interview with Vanity Fair , the Black Phone 2 actor opened up about what he observed from watching filmmaker Peter Weir direct the late Williams .

“I’m watching him direct Robin Williams, not an easy thing to do, ’cause Robin was a comic genius. But dramatic acting was still new to Robin at that time,” Hawke recalled. “And watching that relationship like, in the room — I was four feet away while they’re talking about performance — and that was something you don’t unsee.”

Ethan Hawke will never forget what he learned from working with Robin Williams on 1989’s Dead Poets Society .

During a recent career retrospecti