The six-part drama is adapted by David Simon from Philip Roth’s alternate history novel in which famed aviator, Nazi sympathizer and anti-Communist Charles Lindbergh is elected president in 1940. Kazan began by referring to a discussion about the Hebrew word timshel that appears in the John Steinbeck novel “East of Eden,” which was made into a 1955 film directed by her grandfather. And I think that’s all I have to say about that.”AdvertisementThe journalist who asked the question also apologized for bringing up a difficult subject. “You’re not bringing up hard times for me,” replied Kazan, who has gracefully deflected questions about her family history before. Like most of the cast, including John Turturro, who is Italian American, and Anthony Boyle, who is from Northern Ireland, Kazan is not Jewish.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 15, 2020 21:58 UTC