Overview
- In a CBS Sunday Morning interview that aired Dec. 7, Hawke said that even at 18 he recognized the complexity of Williams’ emotional life.
- He recalled seeing Williams improvise to laughter on set before later finding him alone in the dark, a contrast Hawke described as taxing.
- Hawke characterized Williams as a deeply sensitive person whose charisma and power came at a cost.
- He said Williams’ 2014 death does not fundamentally change how he watches Dead Poets Society and that the end of a life does not define it.
- Reporters noted Williams’ posthumous Lewy body dementia finding for context, as Hawke reflected on the film that helped launch his early career.