Ethan Hawke recently joined Vanity Fair for a career retrospective video interview and remained in awe that he got the chance to watch Robin Williams act on the set of 1989’s “Dead Poets Society.” ...

Robin Williams was a brilliant comedic improviser — and Ethan Hawke says the late actor brought that same spontaneity to his dramatic roles. In a new interview looking back on his career, Hawke ...

Ethan Hawke said that he learned the importance of improvisation from Robin Williams while filming Dead Poets Society.

“Dead Poets Society” isn’t merely a movie; it’s a rite of passage. Peter Weir’s 1989 masterpiece gave us one of cinema’s most enduring and endearing mentors in character John Keating. This was a role ...

Robin Williams didn't follow the script in Dead Poets Society. The late Hollywood star led the cast of the 1989 coming-of-age drama as English teacher John Keating and Ethan Hawke - who was a teenager ...

While shooting the 1989 movie, the actor said he learned how two creatives could collaborate, despite having "a very different way of working." By Carly Thomas Associate Editor “I’m watching him ...

Williams would go on to become one of the world's most beloved icons following the film. After struggling with an undiagnosed ...

Director Peter Weir’s beloved 1989 movie Dead Poets Society started streaming on Hulu on September 12th. The award-winning coming-of-age drama is set at a prestigious New England boys’ boarding school ...

"That was a new door that was opened to my brain, that you could play like that," the "Before Sunrise" actor recalled. Robin Williams was a brilliant comedic improviser — and Ethan Hawke says the late ...