Maya Hawke Told Deleting Instagram Ill-Advised As Some Producers Are Casting Based On Follower Counts: “Confusing Line To Walk”

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Social media has had an unquestionable impact on Hollywood from heightened trailer exposure to global audiences and detrimental controversies that can go viral online in minutes or hours.

Like with anything some of those advancements are good and some are bad, but a new development spotlighted by Maya Hawke (“Stranger Things,” “Inside Out 2”) sounds increasingly bleak for new acting talent trying to get their foot in the door.

The young actress recently had a chat with “Happy Sad Confused“ podcast host Josh Horowitz, where Hawke detailed a conversation she had where someone told her that “some producers” are casting actresses based on total social media follower counts and that deleting her Instagram account could be ill-advised for future work.

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