Uma Thurman's Daughter, Maya Hawke, Will Appear in Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Fast-rising 20-year-old actress Maya Hawke, the daughter of actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, has just been cast in director Quentin Tarantino’s star-studded, upcoming film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. She joins other new casting additions that include Lena Dunham and Austin Butler, but most of the buzz is headed in the direction of Hawke, thanks to the unexpected nature of the news—her mother, Uma Thurman, having been in the news this year for her rocky working relationship with Tarantino.

Thurman made headlines back in February when she shared her account of a life-threatening car crash and injury that she suffered while on the set of Tarantino’s Kill Bill Vol. 2. For 15 years, she had been trying to obtain the footage of the crash that had been denied to her, blaming various people associated with the film in the process, from Tarantino to producers Lawrence Bender, E. Bennett Walsh, and yes, the now-notorious Harvey Weinstein. She had also gotten into what she described as a huge argument with Tarantino on the set, after the crash, accusing the director of trying to get her killed.

Years later, however, it would seem that tensions have finally cooled. Tarantino personally helped Thurman recover the long-missing footage of the crash, and when the actress posted said footage to Instagram, she thanked him for helping her “expose it and let it see the light of day.”

Uma Thurman’s Daughter, Maya Hawke, Will Appear in Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood