United Kingdom, Nov. 28 -- Ethan Hawke's wife Ryan Shawhughes fled the set of his new movie Blue Moon after seeing his "combover".

The 55-year-old actor shaved his head to play famed Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart in the new film directed by Richard Linklater and he also spent most of the shoot standing in a "trench" to make him look much shorter than his co-stars because Hart stood at just five foot tall.

Hawke has now revealed playing the diminutive character changed his outlook, telling the Guardian newspaper: "Because the world is heightist. It's ingrained in our culture, it's in our language. Tall and handsome. Proud and strong. It's tough when people don't want to flirt with you. It changes how you see yourself."

He went on to rev...