Over the course of his career, Ethan Hawke has played a slew of memorable characters. But it’s the brash Jesse, who famously courted the French student Celine (Julie Delpy) in 1995’s indie romance Before Sunrise, that sticks with him the most.“It’s turned into a big part of who I am,” he said this week in a phone interview from New York City. “I could never have anticipated that.”Directed and co-written by Richard Linklater, the modestly budgeted original spawned two Oscar-nominated sequels — 2004’s Before Sunset and 2013’s Before Midnight — but with its idealistic portrayal of romance and idealism it achieved a type of cinematic immortality award show wins rarely guarantee.“We like to joke that Before Sunrise is the least successful movie
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