Maya Hawke is honest about her privilege. Why are other nepo babies so defensive? | Arwa Mahdawi

The actor has been frank about her luck and comfort. But many celebrity children refuse to acknowledge the influence of their rich and well-connected parents

Congratulations to the actor Maya Hawke, who has just done something few of her peers seem capable of: acknowledge that one of the secrets of her success has been a little sprinkling of nepotism. The daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman has always seemed to wear her privilege with a shrug", as a recent Guardian profile put it, but in a new interview with the Times, the Stranger Things star was even more frank about not deserving" the life she has.

Deserves is a complicated word," she said. There are so many people who deserve to have this kind of life who don't, but I think I'm comfortable with not deserving it and doing it anyway." She added: It's OK to be made fun of when you're in rarefied air. It's a lucky place to be."