“This guy with the face mask told me how much he liked The Good Lord Bird,” Hawke recalls. “Then he pulled it down and said, ‘It’s me. Will you be the bad guy in my Marvel? And I thought, “Is this guy serious?” ” Hawke had just returned from Ireland, where he was touring the North, Robert Egers’s upcoming epic revenge of the Vikings. This experience – all the mud and chaos, and allusions to Hamlet at night – was, as he puts it, “right in my wheelhouse.” But Marvel was new: lots of green screens and elaborate scenery. She likens work to being a chef in a busy restaurant: “Marvel buys groceries and sets the table, but as long as you make the kind of food for which its customers keep coming back, they’ll let you cook everything.” What do you like.” As relaxed as he is, Hawk obviously thrives on grinding. When Hollywood shot down the tools in 2020, he completed his fourth novel, the lively and unshakable A Bright Ray of Darkness, about an actor whose marriage is on the verge of collapse. Yes, he was inspired by his own experiences and yes, it includes a scene in which the protagonist, while on stage, eavesdrops on members of the audience to discuss his personal life.
