Joseph Zada on Florence Pugh in EAST OF EDEN
by Murphy Popcorn 🎪: Joseph Zada
Joseph Zada tells us about his experience working opposite Florence Pugh in 'EAST OF EDEN' and watching her transform into Cathy: “She was a force of nature. I like to think of her as the best actor of her generation. It’s one of the best performances I’ve ever seen in my entire life. That’s where I want to get in my career.”
Transcript (en)
You had a bit more. She was a force of nature. I mean, it's really something special. I like to think of her as the best actor of her generation. It's really, it was unreal. And to see the show as well after, I mean, it's one of the best performances I've ever seen in my entire life. But being there on the day, you could feel that her intensity and her focus, but also the playfulness is just out of control, especially when you're playing a character. and when she meets me, she's aged herself 20 years, you know, in her physicality, in her voice. She also has brought in the fact that she's been, you know, in the... What's it? Morphine. She brought in that, the drowsiness into her voice and into her walk, and it's just out of control. It's out of control. But then in between takes, I mean, she's joking, she's laughing with the crew. Meanwhile, I'm sitting in circles, spinning, you know, you know, with my headphones in. She's just airy. I'm very intense. And then I come out of it and she's just, she's right there with me the whole time. Such a generous actor as well. And yeah, I was really, that's, you know, I really put her on a pedestal. That's where I want to get in my career.
