‘East of Eden’ Writer Zoe Kazan Details Historic Childhood Home in Los Angeles—Where She Grew Up Surrounded by Influential Names in Film

“The Big Sick” star Zoe Kazan has ties to Hollywood that go back generations, and the multihyphenate recently shared some insight on the homes she's lived in throughout her life—from her formative childhood years to her time now as a mom. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal ahead of the premiere of “East of Eden”—the Netflix miniseries Kazan wrote and is a co-showrunner for—she recalled the most formative details of her childhood, where she grew up surrounded by family members who are influential in film.“Most of the adults I knew growing up in Los Angeles were connected to the movies, so working in Hollywood seemed normal to me,” she said.Kazan’s mother, Robin Swicord, is a screenwriter and director, whose impressive resume includes “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” the 1994 adaptation of “Little Women,” and “Memoirs of a Geisha.”Her father, Nicholas Kazan, is a screenwriter, producer, and director whose list of notable films includes “Reversal of Fortune,” “Bicentennial Man,” and “Matilda.” And his father was honored Broadway and Hollywood director Elia Kazan, who directed the James Dean–led 1955 film adaptation of “East of Eden.”Loading...Zoe Kazan is the daughter ...