Before Ethan Hawke was the four-time Oscar-nominated performer and writer he is today, as a young up-and-comer The Lowdown star crossed paths with Robert Redford during an audition for his 1992 period drama A River Runs Through It . Sharing a fond memory of that first meeting on Jimmy Kimmel Live! , the established screen actor called Redford, with whom he became friendly throughout the years, “one of the heroes of my life.”

The Blue Moon star paid tribute to both Redford and his good friend and collaborator, the late Paul Newman, citing both venerated performers as quintessential role models of what an “American man” should be like.

“Those are people that use their power, their privilege and their good fortune to empower other people,” he said, noting the duo imparted “a t

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