Florence Pugh not only starred in Netflix’s new limited series East of Eden but also served as executive producer.
Given the stakes and her key involvement, Pugh shared that she was so “nervous” that she didn’t read the public and critical reaction to the show.
“I can’t look at it, I can’t,” she told The Hollywood Reporter, referring to the show’s reception.
“It was too much with this one. The process of making this was so long and it had so many of my sticky fingerprints all over it — I was so nervous to release it because I was just going to be so sad if people didn’t understand it or didn’t like it.”
She continued, “It was so much of my life and so much of me as a performer that I put into it that I just didn’t want to look. So I’m glad I didn’t but apparently people like it!”
Alongside Pugh, Christopher Abbott and Mike Faist starred in the show. At the same time, Zoe Kazan served as writer and co-showrunner.
East of Eden, meanwhile, became a hit at Netflix. In its first four days of release, the miniseries garnered 6.5 million views.
