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Ethan Hawke has always been an actor full of surprises. In the course of his prolific career, he’s veered from prestige drama to quirky comedy to full-on horror, embracing each role with the same dedication. And this year has brought a particularly unlikely convergence of projects. In Richard Linklater’s “Blue Moon,” he uncannily embodies real-life songwriter Lorenz Hart, a man of many contradictions. On the FX series “The Lowdown,” created by Hawke’s pal Sterlin Harjo , he’s Lee Raybon, a reckless journalist. And in “Black Phone 2,” he’s a serial killer haunting children from beyond the grave.

“It makes you believe in astrology or something,” Hawke says, speaking over Zoom

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