The Black Phone: Ethan Hawke on Finding The Grabber Through His Masks

The Black Phone marks another winning collaboration for Ethan Hawke, Scott Derrickson, and C. Robert Cargill following 2012’s Sinister. Whereas Hawke plays a character trying to save his family from a malevolent entity in Sinister, The Black Phone challenges him to tap into the darker side of a horrific scenario by playing the villain. Hawke is The Grabber in The Black Phone, a man kidnapping children in a small town in Denver in the 1970s. However, The Grabber may have met his match in his latest target, Finney played by Mason Thames. Initially, the situation seems hopeless with Finney trapped in a soundproof basement, but then he realizes he has the ability to communicate with The Grabber’s past victims using a disconnected phone on the wall. Hear all about Hawke’s experience working with those incredible Tom Savini-designed masks and why he thinks it’s best that The Grabber’s backstory remains a secret in this The Black Phone interview! #theblackphone #ethanhawke #scary