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Ethan Hawkepassed on one of the biggest blockbusters of all time in dramatic fashion.
“I’m driving cross-country with a friend of mine. I got the script toIndependence Day, and there’s like dollar bills attached to it,” Hawke, 47, said, setting the scene. “And I’m reading it to my buddy in the car like, ‘Isn’t this a bad line? ‘E.T. phone home,’ that’s stupid.’ And I’m going through it to the point where I literally throw it out onto the Texas highway.”
But Hawke quickly realized his mistake when he caught the movie during opening day with a group of friends and his girlfriend at the time.
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“Everyone wants to go seeIndependence Dayand I’m like, ‘Alright, this’ll be amusing to see how bad it is,’ ” he told host Conan O’Brien. “I walk into the theater, it’s obviously sold out.Will Smithsays, ‘E.T. phone home,’ and the place roars. I mean they basically give a standing ovation in the movie. And I’m sitting there going, ‘Oh my god.’ I really didn’t get the joke!”
The movie, which also starred Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum, made over $300 million in the United States and over $800 million worldwide.
source: people.com
