- Pop Culture - TV - Meet the Cast and Characters of Netflix’s ‘East of Eden’ ## Meet the Cast and Characters of Netflix’s ‘East of Eden’ The historical epic has a lot of your current faves. This fall, Zoe Kazan wants you to cozy up with her new Netflix series adaptation of East of Eden, John Steinbeck’s 1952 novel that was previously adapted into a film. The 1955 East of Eden is notable for two reasons. First, it is one of James Dean’s three credited films, and the only one released while the actor was alive. And it was directed by Zoe’s own grandfather, Elia. How do you top that? Netflix is…