New Kazan with a vision
HOLLYWOOD - When Zoe Kazan was preparing to play saucy young secretary Maureen Grube in Revolutionary Road - the film adaptation of Richard Yates' novel about a young couple (Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet) trying to change their lives in staid 1955 suburbia - she had definite ideas about her character's appearance.
HOLLYWOOD - When Zoe Kazan was preparing to play saucy young secretary Maureen Grube in
Revolutionary Road
- the film adaptation of Richard Yates' novel about a young couple (Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet) trying to change their lives in staid 1955 suburbia - she had definite ideas about her character's appearance.
"I wanted her to look like she went to Sears Roebuck and bought three suits, two dresses, one pair of heels, two handbags, and two pairs of gloves, then moved to New York City and gained five pounds," said Kazan, 25, whose character has a fling with DiCaprio.
That Kazan was so specific isn't surprising, considering she comes from showbiz royalty. Her grandfather was Oscar-winning director Elia Kazan (
On the Waterfront
), and her parents are screenwriter-directors Nicholas Kazan (
Reversal of Fortune
) and Robin Swicord (
Little Women, Memoirs of a Geisha
).