Florence Pugh will star in “East of Eden” on Netflix with a story about paradise

The new generation of actors has allowed many of them to shine and one of the most extraordinary in recent years is Florence Pugh, who has remained fully active in her career with films such as “Little Women” or “Black Widow”. She currently has many projects on the horizon and one of her most recent is Netflix’s “East of Eden”, where she will star.

This new project is a Series of Netflix adaptations for John Steinbeck’s classic novel “East of Eden”., a 1952 work that had an impact on the type of biblical episodes it deals with: the paradise of Adam and Evan, and the lives of Abel and Cain. As well as the themes that are trauma, reparation, love, betrayal, duty and free will.

According to Deadline, the only confirmed actress for this series is Florence Pugh as Cathy Ames, the protagonist of ‘East of Eden’. This character is practically the anti-heroine of the story and the one that should be developed as the main role of the series, giving it even more importance than the original work of John Steinbeck.

In addition to Florence Pugh, it has been confirmed that Zoe Kazan will be the screenwriter of the series; a very important aspect since she is the granddaughter of Elia Kazán, the director of the first film adaptation of ‘East of Eden’, released in 1955. The writer has stated that she is enthusiastic about the project and also that she is working with the actress nominated for the Oscars.

Florence Pugh is our dream Cathy; I can’t imagine a more exciting actor to bring this character to life. Writing this limited series for the past two years has been the creative highlight of my life. ”

At the moment, “East of Eden” is in a very early stage of development, so audiences will have to wait for the first progress in production, including confirmation of the rest of the cast, its director or showrunner and of course, all the images, trailers and more Netflix publishes about its story.

Before “East of Eden”, Florece Pugh has a lot to publish

‘East of Eden’ became Florece Pugh’s most recent project and although development on the film is already underway; The actress has many more productions to do and preview before the adaptation series hits the Netflix streaming platform.

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This is the case of ‘Don’t Worry Darling’, the dramatic thriller starring alongside Harry Styles directed by Olivia Wilde and which has caused a lot of furor since it was announced. In turn, it has been confirmed that he will be part of the main cast of ‘Dune 2’, the second part of the epic adaptation of the Frank Herbet novel of the same name by Denis Villeneuve, set for release in 2023. Among others other productions such as “Oppenhaimer” in which she was also engaged.