Showbiz I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice . Stranger Things star Maya Hawke has said she is “comfortable with not deserving” the kind of life she has.
The American actress and singer is the child of Hollywood actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman and said her relationship with them is “positive”, which “supersedes anything anyone can say about it.” Speaking to The Times , she said: “‘Deserves’ is a complicated word. “There are so many people who deserve to have this kind of life who don’t, but I think I’m comfortable with not deserving it and doing it anyway.
“And I know that my not doing it wouldn’t help anyone. “I saw two paths when I was first starting, and one of them was: change your name, get a nose job and go to open casting roles.” Speaking about the path she chose, she said: “It’s OK to be made fun of when you’re in rarefied air.
It’s a lucky place to be. “My relationships with my parents are really honest and positive, and that supersedes anything anyone can say about it.” The 25-year-old is most known for playing Robin in the Duffer brothers Netflix series Stranger Things, about a group of children from the 1980s who find themselves plunged into the world known as the Upside Down.
However, she is also a musician and recently released her third album, Chaos Angel. Speaking about the moment she realised her gigs were filled with Stranger Things fans she sa.
