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Florence Pugh to star in Netflix’s adaptation of East of Eden

Netflix’s adaptation of the novel is currently in its early development stages.

New Delhi: Florence Pugh will be a part of the series adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel ‘East of Eden’. Netflix’s adaptation of the novel is currently in its early development stages. Pugh is said to play the role of Cathy Ames in the web series.

Zoe Kazan will be the writer and the executive producer of the film. It was Zoe’s grandfather Elia Kazan who directed the 1955 film adaptation of the novel. The film starred James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey, Richard Davalos and Jo Van Fleet. Jo Van Fleet won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Cathy. The novel has had several other adaptations as well.

The plot follows the immigrant Hamilton family and rich Trask family. The film stretches over a period from Civil War to the end of World War 1. The novel got published back in 1952.

Picture courtesy: David Buchan

“I fell in love with East of Eden when I first read it, in my teens. Since then, adapting Steinbeck’s novel — the great, sprawling, three-generational entirety of it — has been my dream. More than anything, I have wanted to give full expression to the novel’s astonishing, singular antiheroine, Cathy Ames. Florence Pugh is our dream Cathy; I can’t imagine a more thrilling actor to bring this character to life,” Zoe Kazan said in a statement.

Florence Pugh, known for ‘Midsommar’ and ‘Little Women’, was last seen in ‘Hawkeye’ as Yelena Belova. Her upcoming projects include ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ and ‘Oppenheimer’.

Anonymous Content and Endeavor Content will co-produce the Netflix series.