Ethan Hawke is weighing in on his daughter Maya’s comments about certain producers wanting to cast actors based on the amount of Instagram followers they have. In an interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast last week,

Maya Hawke says some directors are required to cast their films based on a number of Instagram followers the stars must collectively have.

Maya Hawke shed some light on some of the difficulty surrounding filmmaking, what she calls a “confusing” state in the industry nowadays in which some producers rely on social media follower counts to cast their movies.

Maya Hawke has shared her concerns over Hollywood leaning on social media power rather than acting abilities. The 26-year-old Stranger Things star - who is the daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke - worries that her personal life will need to be compromised in order to secure success.