Netflix miniseries East of Eden shifts focus to Cathy Ames character
Zoe Kazan discusses how the new Netflix adaptation of East of Eden reframes Florence Pugh as a complex antihero rather than a simple villain.
Focus shifts from male characters
The series reduces roles for Adam Trask brother Charles and patriarch Samuel Hamilton compared to the original book. This change allows the story to explore the inner lives of Cathy, Adam and Lee more deeply.
Cathy portrayed as survivor too
Florence Pugh plays a character who shoots her husband and abandons twins but is also shown as a survivor. The adaptation presents her choices as actions that ripple through generations of the Trask family.
Other characters get smaller parts
Mike Faist and Ciarán Hinds take on reduced roles in this version of the literary epic. The miniseries premiered on Oct 1 and is now streaming on Netflix.
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