- Hi, I'm Maya Hawke, I'm here at BuzzFeed
to play with puppies and answer your questions.
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(Maya squeals)
Oh my God!
Hi.
I feel really, really good,
I feel very at ease. (laughs)
Oh, I should take questions out now?
This is not, I don't just get to play with puppies?
I also have to expose my inner soul?
What are some similarities between you and Robin?
What are some differences?
Well, she's much smarter than me.
I do not speak three languages and I'm not in band
and I am not nearly as brilliant and talented as she is.
But she really cares about her friends
and she is brave when the time is right.
She tries to be funny.
I don't know if she succeeds
but we both definitely try to be funny.
Let's see, this is so hard to try to be funny
with all these amazing puppies.
I was thrilled to spot you
in "Once Upon a Time In Hollywood".
What was the casting process like for that role?
Well, obviously, I have kind of known Quentin my whole life
if you wanna answer this one.
But I auditioned for it and I, you know, I made a tape
and I sent it in and I think I probably had a subtle,
wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, one question at a time!
One question at a time.
What's the role you auditioned for
that you really wanted, but didn't get?
The new live-action Little Mermaid, I really wanted that.
(kissing)
Yeah, no I like you too, hi!
Hi, oh, okay.
What can you tease about any upcoming projects,
either acting or music?
I have some songs that are about to come out in August,
that I'm really excited for you to see.
I wrote the lyrics and my friend Jesse Harris
wrote the, hi , hi, wrote the music,
and I hope that you like them.
Oh my gosh here's a teddy bear.
What's the last TV show you binge-watched?
This season of The Bachelorette.
It's pretty great, I haven't seen
the last two episodes so no spoilers, anyone in the room.
Have you finished it?
Who did Hannah pick?
What was it like working with Joe, Gaten and Priah
during the Scoops Ahoy scene?
Ha, kind of like playing with these puppies right now!
They were really funny and really cute,
and really fun to be around and dedicated hard workers.
Oh don't attack him, don't attack him, okay or her!
The scene in the bathroom with Robin and Steve
is one of my favorites.
In the time, what is it, was it difficult to shoot?
Oh I'm so sorry!
Did you do it in one take?
We did not do it in one take.
There's six different pieces of coverage.
There was an over the head of the stalls,
there's an in front of the stalls,
there's when we travel under the stalls.
It was really complicated to shoot,
but it was really fun to act in.
And it was just meaty
and Joe and I got to really pour our hearts out.
Most of the season you're doing bits of real acting work,
and bits of running from Russians,
and that scene we just got to sit and breathe
and be together and try to tell their story.
(dog growls) And it was,
hey, hey, no growling,
hey no growling, hey no growling!
And it was really good, and it was really nice.
And Joe's a great actor and a really fun scene partner.
What has it been like seeing the response to Robin
being an LGBTQ character?
Did you know that Robin was going to be an LGBTQ character
when you auditioned or was it something you learned
while filming?
I learned while filming.
It was amazing, I was so proud to put
an LGBTQ character on such a mainstream show
that people all over the world and all over our country,
in red and blue states alike watch,
and I love her and it felt true to her,
and I'm really glad that we did it.
I know that people seem to like her,
and that's my wildest dreams, all I could want
for them to fall in love with her the way I did.
Since you grew up around actors,
Pff, yes I did.
Is acting always something you wanted to do?
If you weren't an actor, what job would you like to have?
Maybe a puppy handler, a puppy caretaker, a puppy snuggler.
I don't know, I wanted to be a farmer,
I wanted to be a poet, I still want to try directing,
there's lots of things I want to try doing.
I love acting, I've always loved acting,
it's always been the place I felt most myself,
and most alive.
And so I hope I get to do it my whole life,
if I'm really lucky.
You like this one?
Are you a good reader?
Are you the cutest thing I've ever seen in my whole life?
Yes, okay! (laughs)
Hi (giggles).
Oh my god.
Is there a Stranger Things group chat?
If so, what was the last thing someone sent on it?
If there's a Stranger Things group chat, I'm not on it.
But I think there was a group chat in season one and two,
but in season three,
I think everyone just communicated individually.
Wow, wow!
(Maya barks)
What's the best piece of advice you've been given?
Never to lie.
Lying takes a lot of energy and is always,
always somebody finds out and then it's embarrassing.
No lying, lying is bad.
What's your favorite memory from filing Little Women?
Yes, Little Women question!
That was my first job and my favorite experience ever.
Me and all the girls and Jonah, Kathryn Newton
and Willa Fitzgerald and Annes Elwy, we got so close,
and we had the most beautiful time
in Ireland ever in those costumes.
I had the time of my life.
I love the scenes in Stranger Things where Robin and Steve
were high on the truth serum.
What was that like to film?
Any funny stories from that day on set?
Totally, we were tied to these chairs
with leather bands and it was really uncomfortable.
And we were both really really grumpy,
and snippy and trying to do this scene.
And we had to ask permission to be untied
to get up to pee.
Being tied up is not fun at all.
But the scene was so great!
And we had to pretend we were high on drugs,
and we just started giggling
and we couldn't stop laughing and it was awesome.
Are you a fan of "Harry Potter"?
What's your Hogwarts House?
I am a giant fan of "Harry Potter".
I want to be a Gryffindor, we all want to be a Gryffindor,
but I'm probably a Hufflepuff Ravenclaw.
I mean, maybe I'm a Slytherin.
I once took the online test and I got Slytherin.
But I think it's just, I was in a weird mood.
Was in a weird place.
Hi, hi, are you in a weird place?
Are you a Slytherin? (kissing)
What was your favorite Disney movie?
"Cinderella."
I know it doesn't exactly have the most positive
female role model, but I loved "Cinderella"
and the singing mice!
If you could play and superhero or have any superpowers,
what would they be?
I've always been a really big fan
of Avatar: The Last Air Bender
and I always wanted my superpowers to be water bending.
If you had to be stuck on a deserted island
with one member of the Stranger Things cast,
who would it be?
Absolutely Gaten.
He is a brilliant survivalist
and just an intelligent person.
And I feel like he would be really good at helping me
build things and survive and start fires and build rafts.
I would pick Gaten.
What's your favorite book of all time?
I do love "Harry Potter".
I also love "Anna Karenina".
I also love this book by Marilyn Robinson
called "Housekeeping".
This is the most overwhelming experience of my life.
What's your favorite type of music to listen to?
What's your favorite song or album right now?
My favorite time of music to listen to is probably
70s rock and folk music.
I love Bob Dylan, I love,
but right now I've been listening to a lot of Billie Eilish,
and I love her, and her new album is awesome,
so rock on, Billie.
Hi, hi, I don't know why, I feel like I'm racing
when answering these questions.
I'm trying to win a race.
What's your go-to coffee order?
Embarrassingly, I'm from New York, I'm not from Los Angeles,
but it's an oat milk matcha latte.
I know that's like the bougiest coffee order of all time.
Which Stranger Things character would you like
to see Robin interact with in the future?
Mike!
For sure, Finn's the best, I really want
to interact with Mike.
What scene was the hardest,
hi, oh my god I wanna play, too.
What scene was the hardest to film on Stranger Things?
Uh, definitely the leather strap chair scene
for previously referred to.
What was the process like for learning Russian
on Stranger Things?
Did you know it before?
I didn't know it before and I don't know it now.
The process was like having someone say those words
out loud to me 100 times, and me repeat them back
until eventually I could say them, what I thought was right.
And then it was wrong and I had to fix it in ADR.
If there is a Season Four of Stranger Things,
what are your hopes for Robin?
Would you like to see her have a girlfriend?
I would love to see her have a girlfriend.
And maybe it could be you!
Could you be my girlfriend?
No, that's inappropriate.
What was your favorite behind the scenes story
from filming Stranger Things?
My favorite behind the scenes story,
right now all I can think about is Joe Keery
has a really cute dog
and my favorite thing about behind the scenes,
we'd hang out with his really cute dog.
Because you guys are so cute and you would like her.
What's your favorite ice cream flavor?
Mint chocolate chip.
But, I like anything with rainbow sprinkles.
I always get rainbow sprinkles.
My favorite thing about being an adult
is that I get to ask for extra rainbow sprinkles.
If you could travel anywhere in the world,
where would you go?
I'm dying,
Don't bite me, don't bite me you goose!
I'm dying to go to Japan.
I've never been to Japan,
and I've never been to South America.
And I'd love to go to both of those places.
There's only one left!
I mean maybe there's more
because of all the things the dogs did.
What's your favorite TV show and movie of all time?
My favorite movie of all time
is Robert Altman's "Nashville".
I just think it's the most genius movie ever made.
My favorite TV show of all time is Grey's Anatomy.
Because sometimes you need to cry
and it really gets you there.
Oh my god.
Thank you so much.
This has been a lot of fun.
My name is Maya Hawke
and make sure you go check out Stranger Things
on Netflix.
All these puppies are available
at North Shore Animal League America.
And they're really cute, and adopt don't shop.
They're just really sweet and you should adopt them.
Thank you.
Bye guys.
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