Maya Hawke says she was 'kicked out of school for not being able to read' as a child

2013 novel of the same name — “The Good Lord Bird” follows newly freed young slave Henry, nicknamed “Onion” (Joshua Caleb Johnson), who ends up with famous abolitionist John Brown (Hawke) and his band of soldiers on a crusade to end slavery. It culminates in the 1859 raid on the Army depot at Harpers Ferry, Va.

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Even though we've followed Ethan Hawke's multi-decade journey from baby-faced pretty boy of Explorers and Dead Poets Society to more seasoned Oscar-nominated leading man, there's something both surprising and poignant about how frequently his character in Showtime's limited series The Good Lord Bird is referred to as "the old man." Nearing his 50th birthday, Hawke is, in fact, a decade younger than the man he’s playing in this limited series: abolitionist John Brown, whose ill-fated 1859 raid on

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The Good Lord Bird — Showtime's adaptation of James McBride's National Book Award-winning historical novel written, produced by, and starring Ethan Hawke as legendary abolitionist John Brown — premieres Oct. 4, and TV Guide has an exclusive look at the new trailer for the highly anticipated limited series. John Brown was a white man who fought against slavery in antebellum America — literally.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Nook House Productions has tapped Ethan Hawke to direct a documentary project about the lives and careers of Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, authorized by the family.The producers include Emily Wachtel and Lisa Long Adler of Nook House Productions and Adam Gibbs, and Ryan Hawke of Under the Influence Productions.In a statement Hawke said he promises a “rare and exclusive look at the careers of both actors and a complex 50-year relationship that

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Maya Hawke has some fun in the sun after a day of press in Venice, Italy on Sunday (September 6)

Actress Maya Hawke was kicked out of school because she couldn't read.The dyslexic Stranger Things star, who is the daughter of actors Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, reveals her learning difficulties were too much for the teachers at one school she attended as a child, and she was expelled."I wouldn’t say (I suffer from dyslexia). I would say it is, like, one of the great blessings of my life in a lot of ways," the actress explained to NPR.

Stranger Things actress has opened-up about living with the learning disability, which causes problems with reading, writing and spelling, calling it “one of the great blessings” of her life.Speaking about having the condition, she told NPR: “I wouldn’t say suffer. I would say it is, like, one of the great blessings of my life in a lot of ways.“But I did get, like, kicked out of school for not being able to read when I was a kid.

Maya Hawke is opening up more about her battle with dyslexia and said that the diagnosis when she was younger was a blessing in disguise for her.