This morning, I Instagrammed a photo of my friend Alison with a caption about how she’d instructed me a shaggy dog story about working into Ethan Hawke. Abruptly, the feedback got here in quick and livid: “You’re not going to go away us hanging, are you??” stated one reader. “Deliver on the random Ethan Hawke run-in story!!” wrote one other. “ALL Ethan Hawke tales are desired and related!” added a 3rd.
So! As a result of reader demand, I convey you Alison’s Ethan Hawke story:
First, you must know that I’m SO AWKWARD every time I see a star in actual life. My mind quick circuits, and all of a sudden I develop into a unique particular person. I’m the 13-year-old model of myself, and I say bizarre stuff. With Rose Byrne, I simply began speaking to her on the road and she or he was like, what is going on, who’re you.
Ethan Hawke lives in our Brooklyn neighborhood, and I see him a few times every week. In fact, I’ve watched the Earlier than Dawn trilogy, Actuality Bites, Boyhood, Nice Expectations and Lifeless Poets Society; and Gattica is one among my husband’s favourite motion pictures. However usually, after I spot him, there are sufficient folks round and I can management myself.
However the different morning, my dad and I had been getting espresso at Blank Street. We’re hamming it up with the baristas and speaking about their journey plans for the summer time, when the door opens and I flip round and Ethan Hawke is simply standing there. He’s sporting a trucker hat and has a toothpick in his mouth (he at all times has a toothpick in his mouth) and he’s sporting this cozy pajama-adjacent swimsuit, which was cool and informal. So, I’m standing there ready for my espresso, and I blurt out, ‘I actually love your swimsuit, it’s so cool, I need my husband to put on that.’ He was like, ‘Oh, yeah, thanks, my spouse gave it to me for Christmas.’ And I used to be like, ‘Oh, I find it irresistible a lot, do you thoughts if I take a photograph of you in that swimsuit to indicate my husband?‘
The baristas are staring in shock, however he’s tremendous gracious. So, I’m taking a photograph of Ethan Hawke, and THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE END. I ought to have rotated and gone on with my day. However I used to be on a prepare barreling ahead and I couldn’t cease.
So, I’m going on to say, ‘Are you aware what the model is?’ He says, ‘Oh, no, my spouse received it for me.’ And I say, ‘Properly, do you thoughts if I take a look at the tag?‘
At this level, the baristas are actually squirming. However Ethan Hawke says certain and leans towards me, and I’m attempting to finagle the again of his shirt, and I lastly snap a photograph of the tag and his neck.
Ethan Hawke’s tag and neck
My dad, who’s not an enormous film man, has no clue who Ethan Hawke is. So, at this level, he turns and jumps in and says, ‘Properly, try to be cautious. She has a number of Instagram followers! She’ll make you FAMOUS.’ The baristas burst out laughing. Ethan Hawke seems confused. Lastly — lastly — we get our coffees and go away.
For the remainder of the day, each time it popped into my head, I’d cringe. Like, a full-body cringe. My husband was so embarrassed for me whereas I used to be telling him that that he saved leaving the room and coming again in. Mortifying.
Thanks, Alison! CoJ readers, have you ever run into well-known folks on the road, or at eating places or airports? I’m so curious who you noticed and the way it went!
P.S. Celebrity crushes, and what famous person would you have dinner with?
(Prime illustration, primarily based on Alison’s precise picture, by Alessandra Olanow.)
