After Maya Hawke, Uma Thurman’s son lands his first major role

Levon Hawke, younger brother of the Stranger Things star and son of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, will star opposite Anthony Hopkins in Twenty-Seven.

In the Hawke family, I ask for the son!

After Maya, revealed to the general public thanks to Stranger Thingsit’s his little brother Levon’s turn to take a step forward in Hollywood. The young actor landed his first leading role in the cinema in Twenty-Sevenan independent drama in which he will co-star with Anthony Hopkins.

Written and directed by Gregory Caruso, the film will follow a 27-year-old aspiring screenwriter, played by Levon Hawke, who tries to find his place in the film industry while dealing with his personal relationships and his obsessive-compulsive disorder. He will be able to count on the help of a friend and mentor, a former television actor turned theater teacher, aged 80 and suffering from Parkinson’s disease. A character played by Anthony Hopkins.

“I wrote this character hoping that an actor like Anthony Hopkins would play him. I never imagined it would actually be Anthony Hopkins“, confides the director. He adds: “He brings a mastery to the role that I can’t quite describe yet, and Levon responds to him in every scene with genuine vulnerability and intelligence.“

Son of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, Maya Hawke’s little brother made his film debut in the thriller Blink Twice by Zoë Kravitz, in 2024. He then played in the series The Crowded Roomthe western The Thicket with Peter Dinklage and Wildcatdirected by his father and in which his sister also appears. He also made his theatrical directing debut with Picture Daybefore joining the cast of Marty Supreme by Josh Safdie and the film Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko.

The young actor will soon appear in Peakedproduced by A24.

The filming of Twenty-Seven currently taking place in Los Angeles.