Maya Hawke Reveals Hollywood Filmmaker Told Her She's 'Prettier With My Mouth Closed'

The "Stranger Things" star said the note was particularly upsetting because she specifically considers "jaw tension" for any given character she's playing.

Maya Hawke is sharing a rather sexist note she once received that made her “really upset.”

The “Stranger Things” star has been acting for nearly a decade, and while she comes from famous pedigree — her parents are Oscar nominees Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke — she’s “comfortable” being a nepo baby, and found the note anything but helpful.

“A director told me — actually, I think was a producer, but they were in cahoots — told me I looked prettier with my mouth closed, and that I should close my mouth after I speak more often,” said Hawke during an episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast released Thursday.

Hawke is only 26 years old but studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and the Stella Adler Studio in New York, and found the producer’s suggestion particularly dense because she’s long been attuned to what suits any given character she’s playing.

Hawke said on the podcast that a lack of “jaw tension” was integral to the role in question.