East of Eden Cast: Who Stars in Netflix's Steinbeck Drama?
The limited series holds an 89% Tomatometer score and overtook The Great British Bake Off on Netflix’s U.S. charts, FlixPatrol said.
- On Sunday, October 4, 2026, Netflix's limited series East of Eden climbed to the top of U.S. TV charts, according to FlixPatrol, overtaking The Great British Bake Off.
- Director Zoe Kazan's adaptation reimagines the Trask family saga from the perspective of Cathy Ames, offering a departure from Steinbeck's original 1952 novel that focused on both the Trask and Hamilton families.
- The show holds an 89% Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes, marking career-high TV ratings for co-stars Mike Faist and Joe Anders and ranking as Florence Pugh's third-highest-rated television series.
- Pugh said she wanted to "dig deeper" into Ames' motivations, adding "she can be both" a victim and perpetrator, while the ensemble cast also features Christopher Abbott, Ciarn Hinds, and Martha Plimpton.
- Available to stream globally on Netflix, East of Eden is also accessible on Sky TV and Virgin Media; viewers can add the series to their watchlist via the Radio Times: What to Watch app.
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What are critics saying about 'East of Eden' on Netflix starring Florence Pugh?
Critics have been sharing their verdict on 'East of Eden' Netflix series, an adaptation of the classic 1952 novel by John Steinbeck starring Florence Pugh, Mike Faist, and Christopher Abbott.
East of Eden cast: Who stars in Netflix's Steinbeck drama?
Netflix's latest big-budget classic novel adaptation is upon us in the form of East of Eden – and it's led by a starry cast.The series, which is adapted from John Steinbeck's novel of the same name by Zoe Kazan, reimagines the multigenerational saga about the Trask family from the perspective of Cathy Ames (Florence Pugh).It marks a slight departure from Steinbeck's original book, which focused on two families – the Trasks and the Hamiltons.But …
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