Ethan Hawke says he has no recollection of his evenings with Ewan McGregor at the start of their friendship despite Ewan insisting they are ‘soulmates’
Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke say they have no recollection of the evenings they spent together during the early years of their friendship.
Actor Ewan, 51, who plays Ethan’s character’s half-brother in their new film Raymond and Ray, first met when Ethan was working with fellow actor Jude Law on the 1997 film Gattaca .
And, while Ethan, 51, insists the pair had a “good time” on their nights out together, the weather failed to make a lasting impression.
Empty memory: Ewan McGregor (left) and Ethan Hawke (right), both 51, say they have no memory of the evenings they spent together during the early years of their friendship
Ewan told the Radio Times: ‘I always felt a sort of kinship spirit with Ethan, even though we didn’t know each other well.
“A long, long time ago, we met when Ethan was working with Jude Law on Gattaca. We met and had to hang out a few times. We’re pretty sure we did!
Ethan added: “I don’t remember much else from the parties except that we had a great time!”
Forgotten: While Ethan insists the couple had a ‘good time’ on their nights out together, the weather failed to make a lasting impression
The full interview with Ethan and Ewan is available in Radio Times, out now
In their latest project, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and is slated for release later this month, Ewan and Ethan play half-brothers Raymond and Ray, who are reunited at the funeral of their father, with whom the two had a less-than-ideal relationship.
The film’s logline reads, “Somehow they still have a sense of humor and his funeral is a chance for them to reinvent themselves.”
“There’s anger, there’s pain, there’s madness, maybe there’s love and there’s definitely grave digging.”
Raymond and Ray reunite Ewan with Oscar nominee Sophie Okonedo – whom he previously starred with in Christopher Robin (2018), Stormbreaker (2006) and Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006).
The 54-year-old beauty plays Kiera, the hospice nurse to McGregor and Hawke’s father, who “brings world-weary Ray out of his torpor.”
The film, written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia (Last Days in the Desert), debuted in theaters on October 14 before arriving on Apple TV Plus on October 21.
The full interview with Ethan and Ewan is available in Radio Times, available now.
New film: The duo play half-brothers who ‘lived in the shadow of a terrible father’ in Raymond & Ray, directed by Rodrigo García
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