NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Reality Bites, Training Day and The Lowdown actor Ethan Hawke says he was excited to play the Grabber again in Black Phone 2 because there was more story to explore, even though his masked killer character died at the end of the first movie.
"It was absolutely terrifying," Hawke, 55, recently joked with the crowd at New York Comic Con about how he felt returning to the role.
"When I got to put the mask back on again, it felt kind of like a victory of sorts that this little film that started so long ago was turning into something bigger than any one of us," he explained.
"In the years [since] the movie had come out, the fans were really growing and really cared," he added. "Knowing the script I read [for the sequel], I knew we were going to make a lot of people really happy."
Directed by Scott Derrickson, the Blumhouse sequel to 2021's Black Phone was released on DVD and Blu-ray Tuesday.
