Asteroid City Interview: Maya Hawke & Rupert Friend on Wes Anderson

It must be an exciting milestone for any actor’s career to work alongside a filmmaker like Wes Anderson, whose personal style within the industry is unmistakable and who often works with the talent he’s familiar with. For Maya Hawke, Asteroid City is that milestone project, along with Rupert Friend, who previously cameoed in The French Dispatch. In their interview with Collider’s Steve Weintraub, we find out what the audition process is like for an Anderson feature, the kind of feedback he gives, and even which of the aforementioned talent is a “huge diva.”

Both now stars in their own right, Hawke with her breakout role on Netflix’s Stranger Things and Friend in Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi and Showtime's Homeland, join an ensemble that includes Tom Hanks, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, and Tilda Swinton. In Asteroid City, the stacked cast finds their way to an intimate little town in the desert of the American Southwest where Junior Stargazers—bright, young award-winning minds—and their families have been invited to take part in friendly competition, rest, recreation, and more. As with all of Anderson’s films, there’s more than meets the eye with this dreamy pastel village, as dramas, romances, and mysteries unravel around a world-changing phenomenon.

During their interview with Collider, Hawke and Friend give insight into a Wes Anderson film set, from the auteur’s notes on performance to the talented group of creatives he employs behind the scenes to create the whimsical visions we see in movies like The Royal Tenenbaums, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and now Asteroid City. You can watch the full interview in the video below or read along in the transcript to find out why Anderson likes to do one more take after the fiftieth one and which of his frequent collaborators “won’t look you in the eye.”

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