Ethan Hawke says Willem Dafoe is a 'great person' to get 'naked and howl at the moon' with in 'The Northman'

• Ethan Hawke recalled to GQ that he did an "amazing" naked scene with Willem Dafoe in "The Northman."
• The actor said they do "Viking acid" and "howl at the moon" during the scene.

Ethan Hawke told GQ that he had an "amazing" scene in "The Northman" where he gets naked with his co-star Willem Dafoe.

Hawke stars in the upcoming Viking movie, directed by Robert Eggers, where he plays a Nordic king who is murdered and avenged by his son. During an interview with GQ's Ben Allen about his current projects, Hawke revealed that the movie allowed him to work with his hero, Dafoe.

"We have one amazing scene," the "Training Day" actor recalled. "We get naked and do some kind of Viking acid and howl at the moon together. And oh my god, if you have to be naked and howl at the moon, he's a great person to do it with."

This is the second time the two actors have worked together after the 2009 sci-fi horror movie "The Daybreakers." Hawke is also about to join Dafoe in playing a villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Dafoe reprised his role as the Green Goblin, which he first played in 2002, in "Spider-Man: No Way Home." Fans were incredibly impressed by his performance and Insider correspondent Jason Guerrasio wrote that the movie cemented Dafoe as the king of playing psychopaths.

Meanwhile, Hawke will star as a cult leader in the Disney+ series "Moon Knight," which premieres tomorrow. Hawke, who has been skeptical about superhero movies in the past, told GQ that his daughter Maya ultimately was the one to persuade him to join the cast.

"My daughter Maya said something really wise about it," he said. "[She said] 'We love the movies. And I want people to go to the movies. And I love it when audiences love movies, and if this is what they love, then we have to do a good job.'"

The 51-year-old actor continued: "She's working on Stranger Things. I'm working on Moon Knight. You can't sit there in judgment about what is high art and what is not high art. I want people to love just going to the movies, and this is what they love. And let's try to make them as good as possible."

Hawke added that he and the show's lead Oscar Isaac persuaded Kevin Feige to do the show their way.

"I know that Oscar and I feel better about that," He said. "We worked harder on it. And we were able to do more of what we wanted to do."

"The Northman" is out in theatres on April 22 and stars Nicole Kidman, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Alexander Skarsgård.