Ethan Hawke has described his experience of working on The Magnificent Seven as 'awesome.'
Ethan Hawke
Filming is still underway on the remake of the 1960s classic - which was based on Japanese film Seven Samurai - and will see Antoine Fuqua back in the director's chair.
The movie has been a reunion of sorts for Hawke as the film sees him work with Fuqua for the first time since Brooklyn's Finest. The movie also sees the actor reunite with his Training Day co-star Denzel Washington.
Speaking to Collider about the upcoming film, Hawke said: "It was awesome. It was fantastic to be on the set again with Denzel (Washington) and Antoine (Fuqua) and then to have the situation be so different. We weren't making a sequel to Training Day. We were in the middle of the desert riding around on some horses.
"We had Chris Pratt there who's quickly turning into a national treasure and Vince D'Onofrio who's one of my all-time favourite actors. And I was introduced to some new guys - a Mexican actor and a Korean actor and a Native American actor - all of whom were wonderful. Manuel Garcia-Rulfo and Byung-hun Lee and Martin Sensmeier.
"So, it was a great experience. It was what you call an adventure. Some movies are work, and some movies are all about acting and character, but this was about learning to ride a horse and shoot a six-gun at the same time. I really enjoyed it."
The Magnificent Seven is the first film for Fuqua since Southpaw while John Lee Hancock and Nic Pizzolatto have penned the film's screenplay.
Hawke, Washington, Pratt, D'Onofrio, Garcia-Rulfo, Lee, and Sensmeier are all on board and are joined by Matt Bomer, Cam Gigandet, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bridgers, and Luke Grimes.
We haven't seen Hawke on the big screen since the release of Regression back in the autumn but he has already completed work on In a Valley of Violence and Maudie.
The Magnificent Seven is released 23rd September.
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