Why Zoe Kazan Didn't Want James Dean's Legacy to "Haunt" Her East of Eden Adaptation
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Why Zoe Kazan Didn't Want James Dean's Legacy to "Haunt" Her East of Eden Adaptation
Zoe Kazan detailed adapting John Steinbeck's East of Eden—starring Florence Pugh and Christopher Abbott—decades after her grandfather Elia Kazan's 1955 film during an E! News interview.
‘East of Eden’ is a tale of familial legacy. To tell it, Zoe Kazan confronted her own.
The screenwriter tackled a limited-series take on John Steinbeck’s intergenerational magnum opus, seven decades after her grandfather directed the indelible film adaptation.
The screenwriter hackled a limited-series take on John Steinbecks intergenerational magnum opus, seven decades after her grandfather directd the indelible
East of Eden: Zoe Kazan and Cast Dive Deep into Netflix’s Bold New Adaptation
Actor and writer Zoe Kazan (She Said, Ruby Sparks) was obsessed with East of Eden growing up, to the point of visiting Salinas – or as Kazan calls it, “the mothership” – after reading the classic novel. Strangely, she didn’t realize her grandfather, Elia Kazan, directed the 1955 Oscar-winning film adaptation until after she read […]
More than seventy years after his grandfather, Zoe Kazan in turn adapted John Steinbeck's family fresco on the California dream of the early 20th century, in a series that renewed our perspective on the characters of the novel, precisely interpreted.
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