Maya Hawke calls the absurdity of casting based on social media followers

The entertainment industry is in a bizarre place e Maya Hawke He is not afraid to call him. THE Stranger things Star recently opened the frustrating reality that some producers give priority to social media of an actor who follow real talents during the launch of films.

On Happy Sad confused, Hawke dived into the crisis of identity in progress in Hollywood, where the border between actor and celebrities has never been so blurred.

He explained: “But the industry continues to change, and you have to change with it and understand that all these things are blurred and there are wonderful and incredible actors that I admire that all personalities we know very well.”

For Hawke, who is the daughter of the sector icons Ethan Hawke AND Uma ThurmanThis change is particularly furious. While it is always tried to be recognized for his work rather than for his public person, today’s panorama in the sector makes him almost impossible.

The numbers of social media have weight in financing decisions, which makes the refusal of the online game a much more risky move than it should be.

“I am just about understanding the foundations in these changing times of social media and public personality and even how difficult it is to achieve things, where it is how,” I do not care about Instagram, Instagram sucks. “” Right, but only so to speak, if you have so many followers, you can get the movie financed by the movie. “Well, I want to make the movie, so it’s a really confused line to walk.”

Hawke also revealed that he had spoken with more directors on the elimination of his Instagram, just to be welcomed with warnings on how this could have an impact on his career.

“I am like, ‘Only so you know, when I am launching a movie with some producers, they deliver me a sheet with the amount of collective followers that I have to get the cast that I launched, so if you eliminate your Instagram, and I lose those followers, I understand that these are the types of people I have to launch around you.

It is a wild reality, but it is happening. For reference, Hawke currently has 8.9 million Instagram followers.

Of course, there are still filmmakers who refuse to play in this absurdity. The directors underlined as Quentin TarantinoWhich notoriously refuses the modern culture of technology and streaming and can still operate regardless of these trends in the sector.

“Few directors, perhaps there are ten, who have a reputation that are quite vast and have shown how much they can work and what they can do, that receive a lot of freedom and a lot of privacy.”

But for the vast majority of actors and filmmakers, this approach led by follower at the casting is not going anywhere. And as Hawke said, it is something I fight for for a long time. He concluded, Syaing is “a question for a lifetime for me”.

Hollywood is a ridiculous place, but the implications are real. When followers count they impose what the films are made, the art of cinema straightens. It reduces the actors to influencers, evaluating the metrics of involvement on art. And this is a problem that is remodeling the entire sector.