Ethan Hawke is recalling the attention on his breakup from ex-wife Uma Thurman.
The 54-year-old actor and the 55-year-old actress were married in 1998 after meeting on the set of Gattaca two years prior, and split up in 2003, with their divorce finalizing in 2005. They have two children together – actress Maya Hawke, 27, and actor Levon Hawke, 23.
In a new interview, Ethan gave some rare comments on their split, recalling how “humiliating” the public attention was.
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“It’s humiliating. It’s almost humiliating even when they’re saying positive things,” he told GQ Hype of the paparazzi attention.
He also commented on what it’s like falling in love on set.
“Have you ever played Spin the Bottle?” he said. “There’s a certain intimacy to the work that we do. Imaginative intimacy. It’s such a high. It feels dangerous and thrilling. It turns the temperature up in your life. 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.”
Since their split, Ethan has re-married with his current wife Ryan Hawke, and they have two daughters together – Clementine, 17, and Indiana, 14.
Uma has not re-married, though she was engaged twice previously. She has a third child, daughter Luna, 13, with ex-fiancé Arpad Busson.
