Florence Pugh Says She Was Nervous About Releasing East of Eden
Florence Pugh says she was so nervous about releasing East of Eden that she feared people would not understand it or like it. She told The Hollywood Reporter that she felt this way at an FYC event for the series. FYC stands for "For Your Consideration," an event held to promote a show during awards season.
Pugh stars in the show and is one of its executive producers. An executive producer is someone who helps guide a production from its early stages, often well before cameras roll. East of Eden is a limited series, meaning it is told in one set run with no plans for more seasons. It adapts John Steinbeck's 1952 novel.
Christopher Abbott and Mike Faist also appear alongside Pugh. Zoe Kazan wrote the series and serves as co-showrunner, the person who runs a show's day-to-day creative work. Co-showrunners usually share that job between them.
The series is streaming on Netflix. Viewers in any country where the service is available can find it in its catalogue.
Pugh also said that making the show made her want to keep producing and to be involved in projects from the very beginning. For someone who has spent years acting in other people's productions, that is a clear sign of where her interest is heading.
She said she has not looked at the public and critical reaction to the series. That leaves her, for now, with the nerves she described before release, rather than the response that followed.
For anyone curious, the show is on Netflix now. Pugh's comments are a reminder that the people who make a series often wait for its first audience with the same butterflies as everyone else.
