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Yes Canadian actress Sarah Gadon is a Slyvia Plath fan! This became useful when she starred in the adaptation of Philip Roth's novel Indignation, in which her character was inspired by Slyvia Plath.
>Well, I love Philip Roth but I’m really a bigger Sylvia Plath fan and that was my way into the character. James [the director] and I talked about that. James believed that Philip Roth was influenced a lot by Sylvia Plath in the writing of Olivia Hutton, and he knew that Sylvia Plath had liked Philip Roth’s writing, so he felt that that was a really important part of her character—kind of representation of Sylvia Plath.
>Interviewer: You said that after the premiere he made you study Sylvia Plath’s handwriting.
>GADON: Yeah, among other things. One of the things was to copy down a letter that she had written over and over again because he wanted me to emulate her writing in the film. It was interesting.
Yes Canadian actress Sarah Gadon is a Slyvia Plath fan! This became useful when she starred in the adaptation of Philip Roth's novel Indignation, in which her character was inspired by Slyvia Plath.
>Well, I love Philip Roth but I’m really a bigger Sylvia Plath fan and that was my way into the character. James [the director] and I talked about that. James believed that Philip Roth was influenced a lot by Sylvia Plath in the writing of Olivia Hutton, and he knew that Sylvia Plath had liked Philip Roth’s writing, so he felt that that was a really important part of her character—kind of representation of Sylvia Plath.
>Interviewer: You said that after the premiere he made you study Sylvia Plath’s handwriting.
>GADON: Yeah, among other things. One of the things was to copy down a letter that she had written over and over again because he wanted me to emulate her writing in the film. It was interesting.
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