Ethan Hawke: 12-year film could have gone 'south'
I can't really imagine the President watching a movie.
Hollywood star Ethan Hawke talks about his role in groundbreaking new film Boyhood, which took a whopping 12 years to make and has earned him a Golden Globe nomination.
Ethan, who plays the father of a young boy growing up, said: ''Each year, for 12 years, we got together to film. We changed the time of year. My job was to do a portrait of fatherhood. A person changes a lot, my dad did.
'I wanted to paint a portrait of that transition. I knew that when the director offered me the job it was a job that hadn't been offered before.'
Ethan continues: "The thing that elevates it is the young man - Ellar Coltrane - who plays Mason. His performance unites the film and turns it from a gimmick or a stunt into something emotional and beautiful. If the gods hadn't watched over us it could have gone south.
"We take credit for taking that commitment, you'd be a fool not to. Being involved in the arts we're dying to do something unique. Boyhood is not really like anything else."