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“He Does Not Want To Be There”: Ethan Hawke’s Pairing With Sydney Sweeney Sparks Online Firestorm
The internet went into a full-blown spiral the moment they saw Ethan Hawke paired with Sydney Sweeney for the Actors on Actors series.
Many wondered whether the pairing was some form of karmic revenge after the scandal following Ethan’s divorce from Uma Thurman.
“Someone hates him to do this to him,” one commented online.
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The internet had a meltdown over Ethan Hawke being paired with Sydney Sweeney for the Actors on Actors series
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Highlights
- Variety and CNN unveiled the lineup for the 23rd season of 'Actors on Actors.'
- The pairings included Ariana Grande and Adam Sandler, Cynthia Erivo and Hugh Jackman, and Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio.
- But netizens were fixated on Sydney Sweeney being paired with Ethan Hawke.
- “Poor Ethan pulled the short straw,” one commented online.
The Actors on Actors is an annual interview series that pairs some of the most talked-about artists from the industry. The paired actors are often from different genres, generations, or career stages.
As they sit face to face, the artists candidly talk about their careers and what it’s like to work in showbiz.
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Variety and CNN unveiled the lineup for the 23rd season of the show, which will see Ariana Grande sitting opposite Adam Sandler for the first episode.
Other pairings include Julia Roberts and Sean Penn, Jonathan Bailey and David Corenswet, Cynthia Erivo and Hugh Jackman, and Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio.
But it was the pairing of Sydney Sweeney with Ethan Hawke that sent the internet into a meltdown.
“The face of a man who just had the most inane conversation of his life,” read one comment online
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“Poor Ethan pulled the short straw,” one commented, while another wrote, “My thoughts are with Ethan Hawke.”
“Who did Ethan Hawke piss off?” one asked.
Another said, “What did Sydney Sweeney do to deserve this? Ethan Hawke is an old los*r.”
“Imagine still getting karma for cheating on Uma Thurman,” said another.
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Some claimed it was “karma for cheating on Uma.”
“He’s a cheater anyways,” one said. “He’ll probably enjoy listening to her vocal fry regardless of her having the acting capabilities of a cereal box.”
“What did Ethan Hawke do to deserve this?” one asked, to which another user replied, “Cheating on Uma Thurman, obviously.”
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Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman met on the set of Gattaca in 1997 and went on to become one of Hollywood’s most famous power couples.
“There’s a certain intimacy to the work that we do. Imaginative intimacy,” he said when asked about co-stars falling in love on set during a GQ interview in September.
Ethan and Uma split in the wake of rumors about him cheating on her with their nanny, Ryan Shawhughes
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“It’s such a high. It feels dangerous and thrilling. It turns the temperature up in your life,” he continued. “It can be like falling in love at summer camp. It doesn’t have any connection to the dailiness of real life. That’s the danger of it.”
The couple exchanged wedding vows in 1998 and became parents to daughter Maya, 27, and son Levon, 23.
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Uma filed for a divorce in 2004 in the wake of rumors about him having an affair with their nanny, Ryan Shawhughes.
Although Ethan denied cheating on the Pulp Fiction star, he went on to date Ryan after the split and married her in 2008.
They are parents to two daughters, Clementine, 17, and Indiana, 14.
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The actor spoke about his views on cheating and said he believes humans are not monogamous.
“People have such a childish view of monogamy and fidelity,” he said in a 2013 interview with Mr. Porter. “‘He’s cheated so he’s bad, she’s cheated so she’s bad,’ as opposed to a recognition that our species is not monogamous.”
The actor went on to say that his “relationship with [his] present wife” was “thrilling” and he’s “committed to it.”
“But neither she nor I know what shape the future will come in,” he continued. “S*xual fidelity can’t be the whole thing you hang your relationship on. If you really love somebody, you want them to grow, but you don’t get to define how that happens. They do.”
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The Training Day actor has previously said he felt “depressed” after his breakup with Uma and found the media coverage about it “humiliating.”
He also said he vowed to his kids never to publicly talk about the split.
“The public eye is like gasoline, but what makes divorce hard is the stuff that makes it hard for everyone—the family elements, how to help the kids through it,” he told the Los Angeles Times last month.
“I’m so envious of people who have amicable splits.”
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“I can’t really talk about this because I vowed to my kids so many times not to talk about the divorce in public,” he went on to say.
“But one thing I will say is if you get the privilege of travelling the world, you realise that everywhere men and women have a tremendous amount of difficulty staying married.”
Sydney Sweeney previously appeared on the hit Actors on Actors series opposite Christina Ricci
After their divorce was finalised in 2005, Uma said in a 2006 interview with Parade that she “cannot participate in anything critical” about her “children’s father.”
“I just need to keep peace,” she told the outlet. “I think it’s fair to say that I haven’t said one mean thing, and I’m not going to start now. It’s terrible for my family.”
“Somebody on his team is getting fired for making him do ts [sic],” one commented online
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FreeTheUnicorn 3 months ago
Are people still mad about his marriage ending in 2004? The kids are probably over it, I didn't expect the comment section to freak out.
Jaya 3 months ago (edited)
Not only is he an amazing actor, he's also known to like deep thoughtful discussions about acting and to absolutely loath fame and the showbizz side and mindless smalltalk, so for him to be matched with someone whose career seems to be completely about fame and seems to have little acting skills, that's gotta be quite tough for him.
FreeTheUnicorn 3 months ago
Are people still mad about his marriage ending in 2004? The kids are probably over it, I didn't expect the comment section to freak out.
Jaya 3 months ago (edited)
Not only is he an amazing actor, he's also known to like deep thoughtful discussions about acting and to absolutely loath fame and the showbizz side and mindless smalltalk, so for him to be matched with someone whose career seems to be completely about fame and seems to have little acting skills, that's gotta be quite tough for him.
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