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Ethan Hawke on 'Getaway': 'I knew this movie would be fun'

Ethan Hawke has revealed that he signed on to star in Getaway because he knew the movie would be "fun".

Getaway stars Hawke as a man who partners with a street-smart young girl called The Kid (Selena Gomez) in order to save his wife from criminals.

Selena Gomez, Ethan Hawke in Getaway

In an interview with Collider, Hawke suggested that Getaway was a major change from his recent films Before Midnight and The Purge.

"Part of the reason to do this movie was it seemed like it would be fun," he said. "I secretly love cars and I wanted an excuse to do a movie that was… it's extremely simple."

The actor continued: "There was something that appealed to me about sitting in one car, it's so simple. Basically, for the whole movie, it's one car chase. I'm in this seat and I drive around."

Hawke also revealed that he undertook training to learn how Getaway's dangerous car stunts were executed.

Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez, Los Angeles premiere of 'The Getaway' at Regency Village Theatre


Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez

"I went out to this mid-Ohio racetrack and I went out there to get taught a little bit about how to maybe do some of these stunts," he recalled.

"I've always fantasised about doing the thing you see in movies where you floor it in reverse and then slam on the brakes and spin around, there's got to be a name for it, but it's incredibly fun to do that stuff.

"In truth, it always ends up being a lot more work and it always ends up being a lot more tedious than you want it to be, but the fun was part of the reason to do the film."

Getaway is now playing in the US and opens in the UK on October 4. Watch a trailer below:

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