Florence Pugh on How Zoe Kazan ‘East of Eden’ Collaboration Helped Boost Her Confidence

Florence Pugh on How Zoe Kazan ‘East of Eden’ Collaboration Helped Boost Her Confidence

The actress who plays the central character of Cathy and serves as an executive producer on the well-reviewed Netflix adaptation was Kazan's first and only choice for the role: "I didn't have a backup."

No Saints, No Saviors: Zoe Kazan on Florence Pugh's Incendiary Performance as Cathy Ames in "East of Eden"

Writer/executive producer Zoe Kazan discusses adapting John Steinbeck's "East of Eden," why Florence Pugh was her first choice to play the unforgettable Cathy Ames, and how one of literature's most notorious villains became startlingly human.

Florence Pugh on How East of Eden With Zoe Kazan Boosted Confidence

When Zoe Kazan set out to adapt East of Eden into what would become the seven-episode Netflix limited series, she only had one actress in mind for the central role of Cathy Ames: Florence Pugh. “I didn’t have a backup,” Kazan previously told Netflix. “I didn’t have another person that I thought would be just […]