Cathy Ames takes the lead in Zoe Kazan’s ‘East of Eden’ adaptation

Film Updates, linking to Entertainment Weekly, shares Zoe Kazan’s explanation for making Cathy Ames the protagonist of her East of Eden adaptation. Kazan says Cathy creates problems and crystallizes what is “dormant and difficult” inside the family. “And without Cathy, there’s sort of no plot. She was my way in.”