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Ethan Hawkeis recalling the day he joined the Screen Actors Guild.
On Tuesday, Hawke, 52, shared a throwback photo of himself at 14 years old outside a building bearing the SAG nameplate on its exterior that the actor said was taken on the day he received his membership card to the labor union.
“Age 14. In a fresh outfit my mom bought me for the honor of going to receive my SAG card,” theFirst Reformedstar wrote in a caption to the photo, which shows him posing with one hand in his pocket and carrying a notebook and book in his other hand.
“They’ve had my back ever since,” Hawke added of his relationship with the guild, adding the hashtags “#SAGAftraStrong #WGAStrong” to the end of his post.
Hawke made his onscreen debut in the 1985 science fiction movieExplorersalongside the lateRiver Phoenix, who also made his film debut in the movie. Hawke broke out just four years later with a lead role inDead Poets Society, leading him to a decades-long acting and writing career during which he has received fourAcademy Awardnominations.
Hawke’s post comes asSAG-AFTRA’s ongoing strikeagainst major Hollywood productions approaches its third week; theWriters Guild of America, which the actor also mentioned in his post, has also been on strike since May 2.
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Ethan Hawke attends the “Monster” red carpet during the 76th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 17, 2023.Dominique Charriau/WireImage
Dominique Charriau/WireImage
Days prior to the strike’s start, Hawke shared an image toInstagramdisplaying five photos of himself taken during the decade-long production of his 2014 movieBoyhood, in which he played a father whose son’s adolescence is chronicled in real time over 10 years.
“The many faces of Mason Sr.,” he wrote in a caption at the time, noting that it had been 10 years since production wrapped on the Richard Linklater film.
“[Boyhoodwas] one of the most profound projects I’ve ever been a part of,” he wrote at the time. “Will Manhood ever come…??”
source: people.com
