\u201cWell, in the script, it was very simple,\u201d he told RadioTimes.com<\/a> during an exclusive interview. \u201cIt was just described as an antique leather devil mask. There was one smile mask and one frown mask.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd after I got Ethan, I got more interested in creating a more complicated mask, partly because I wanted to see his face some. The idea that I came up with during pre-production was splitting the masks in half.\u201d<\/p> He added: \u201cOnce I had the basic idea, I went out to a bunch of special effects companies that specialise in making masks and do this kind of thing. And Tom Savini, the legend who\u2019s behind some of the great masks in horror history just gave me a sketch, that was basically what you see on the screen \u2013 three masks divided with those basic expressions.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd as soon as I saw it, I was like, Oh, my God, that\u2019s it. It was great.\u201d<\/p>\n Hawke stars as The Grabber, a serial killer who abducts several children in a suburban\u00a0Colorado town in 1978.<\/p>\n And Derrickson admitted that Hawke was initially a little reluctant to play such an irredeemable villain, before he eventually accepted the role in a very unique way.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t think he would do it,\u201d he said. \u201cI gave him the script, he told me \u2018I don\u2019t really play villains, so I\u2019ll read it but you know\u2019. I think his exact phrase was it\u2019s gonna have to be some kind of real Jack Nicholson The Shining kind of thing.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then after he read it that night, he left me a voicemail reading one of the lines from the script in the voice of The Grabber. He just left it on my voicemail. And that\u2019s how I knew he was going to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n The Black Phone is in cinemas from Friday 22nd June 2022. Visit our\u00a0Movies<\/a>\u00a0hub for the latest news and features, or find something to watch tonight with our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n By Patrick Cremona Published: Wednesday, 22 June 2022 at 12:00 am If you\u2019ve seen any of the promotional material for new horror movie The Black Phone, you\u2019ll likely be familiar with the terrifying mask worn by Ethan Hawke throughout the film. 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