‘I Never Would Have Desecrated Our Makeout Spot Like That.’ Ethan Hawke’s A Little Hurt Gwyneth Paltrow Has A New Kissing Scene In Central Park

Ethan Hawke is known as an Oscar nominee, a writer, and a 90s icon. But a recent viral video shows he also has a surprisingly detailed memory – he can pinpoint the exact spot where he kissed Gwyneth Paltrow almost 30 years ago, and feels it deserves to be remembered fondly.

The moment comes from a recent Vanity Fair Instagram post featuring Hawke in conversation with the Academy Award–winning actress, as the longtime collaborators chatted about their 2025 movie releases, future projects, and the odd intimacy that comes with a shared on-screen history. At one point, the Dead Poets Society star jokingly asks Paltrow about a new kissing scene with Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme, specifically whether it took place in the same Central Park location where she and Hawke once kissed. Smiling, he presses:

You kiss Timmy Chalamet in Central Park. Did you kiss him in the same place you kissed me?

Interestingly, the movie Great Expectations included a scene where Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow kissed by a fountain in Central Park—a moment Hawke apparently hasn’t forgotten. Paltrow jokingly reassured him that the location still looks the same.

No, honey. Never. I never would have desecrated our make-out spot like that.

Alfonso Cuarón’s 1998 film is a contemporary retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic story, set in New York City. Denzel Washington, known for his role in Training Day, plays Finn, a hopeful artist haunted by his childhood love for the privileged and reserved Estella (Gwyneth Paltrow). The film follows their complicated, on-again, off-again relationship as Finn pursues his artistic dreams, exploring how youthful love can become tangled with ambition and feel like fate.

It’s clear the movie – and especially that kiss – really stuck with people, considering how quickly this conversation popped up again. Fans definitely had a lot of opinions about it all.

Fans React To Hawke And Paltrow’s Kissing Confession

I’ve been scrolling through the reactions on X, and it’s been a wild ride! People are either completely charmed by Ethan Hawke or playfully teasing Gwyneth Paltrow about… well, let’s just say her memory seems to have a very specific filter. There’s been a lot of chatter referencing Great Expectations, which is pretty fun to see. Here are some of the standout posts I’ve spotted:

@heyitsme_irenee: “honestly, Ethan has always been total hottie”
@Samiizsleepin: “She remembers a kiss from 100 years ago but not her co workers from Avengers? Lmao
@repressionnap: “After Sunrise and Sunset but before Noon”
@FirstCuriosity: “desecrated 😭🤚”
@Massiel3_: “I love everything from Great Expectations up to the crazy grandma. It should be on @NetflixLAT 🥹”
@iainjordan: “She obviously should have said no I kissed him on the mouth”
@waterdragon588: “she did all that just to get his attention women are so corny”
@bub_bobino: “Ethan still got that dawg in him”
@boyd_stevenz: “That’s kinda iconic”
@heyrimz: “Outstanding 😍
@theOfficeofSB: “Obsessed with this energy”

Viewers loved the scene, finding it both humorous and endearing. They especially enjoyed the references to Great Expectations and were delighted to see the actors effortlessly recapture the spark that made them so popular together originally.

As the year comes to a close, Gwyneth Paltrow and Ethan Hawke are both keeping busy with new projects. Paltrow recently returned to acting after a seven-year break with the upcoming A24 film, Marty Supreme. Ethan Hawke has had a particularly productive year, appearing in Blue Moon and the FX series The Lowdown, returning for The Black Phone 2, and narrating Ken Burns’ documentary miniseries, The American Revolution.

2025-12-20 01:39

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