# @hollywoodreporter on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DQcVKuJkx2J
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/36324485-hollywoodreporter-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-10-30T18:01:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hollywood Reporter (@hollywoodreporter) — https://gondola.cc/hollywoodreporter

## Caption

Ethan Hawke will never forget what he learned from working with Robin Williams on 1989’s #DeadPoetsSociety.⁠
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During a recent interview, the 'Black Phone 2' actor opened up about what he observed from watching filmmaker Peter Weir direct the late Williams.⁠
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“I’m watching him direct Robin Williams, not an easy thing to do, ’cause Robin was a comic genius. But dramatic acting was still new to Robin at that time,” Hawke recalled. “And watching that relationship like, in the room — I was four feet away while they’re talking about performance — and that was something you don’t unsee.”⁠
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