Why Ethan Hawke created his first TV show with ‘The Good Lord Bird’
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nypost.com2013 novel of the same name — “The Good Lord Bird” follows newly freed young slave Henry, nicknamed “Onion” (Joshua Caleb Johnson), who ends up with famous abolitionist John Brown (Hawke) and his band of soldiers on a crusade to end slavery.
It culminates in the 1859 raid on the Army depot at Harpers Ferry, Va. — the prelude to the Civil War.(Brown ultimately became the first person in US history to be executed for treason; his 1859 hanging is the show’s attention-grabbing opening.)“I’m not playing John Brown the historical figure, I’m playing John Brown as Onion sees him and as James McBride spins a big yarn,” says Hawke.“It’s a strange tone to walk.
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