Ruby Sparks
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Oct 7, 2026
Eli RalloHOST
She originally gained recognition for her roles in The Savages, Revolutionary Road, and It's Complicated, before then starring in an HBO miniseries I think we all know and love, Olive Kitteridge, which she received an Emmy nomination for.
Eli RalloHOST
She also wrote and co-starred in the rom-com Ruby Sparks and co-wrote the 2018 film Wildlife.
Eli RalloHOST
She also has an extensive theater background, and she's written several amazing plays, which you guys know is, like, that's where I live.
Eli RalloHOST
That's my most favorite thing in the world.
Wenlei MaGUEST
But this is created by and written by every episode except one episode where there's a co-credit by Zoe Kazan.
Wenlei MaGUEST
And she's an actor and filmmaker and she's previously written other things, most notably Ruby Sparks, a great film from maybe 2000 10, 15 years ago, which I really like.
Wenlei MaGUEST
And Zoe Kazan is the daughter of Elia Kazan who is...
Wenlei MaGUEST
The
speaker_0HOST
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speaker_1HOST
And, uh, she also produced and wrote three things: Ruby Sparks, which she also starred in with her boyfriend, Paul Dano.
speaker_1HOST
She was Ruby Sparks.
speaker_1HOST
And then, uh, Wildlife, a film starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
speaker_1HOST
Now this, this is her first show she has created and written for.
AlanPANELIST
And she's, she's a good writer, man.
AlanPANELIST
I, I almost wanna talk about Ruby Sparks in comparison to this film.
AlanPANELIST
What If? What If in comparison to this film.
AlanPANELIST
What, What If is one of those ones I'd need to rewatch again.
Alan SepinwallHOST
And Ilya Kazan, man.
Alan SepinwallHOST
And Zoe Kazan, you know, she has not written a lot, but, you know, Ruby Sparks is a movie I really liked that she wrote a million years ago.
Alan SepinwallHOST
And it feels like one of the reasons that she decided to do this is not just because her grandfather was not able to adapt the whole book, but I suspect because she finds Kathy interesting and is wondering, like, maybe.
Alan SepinwallHOST
Maybe those guys did not really want to think about her interior life, and I would like to explore that in a way that neither previous person did.
Kathryn VanArendonkHOST
Yes.
Alan SepinwallHOST
And Zoe Kazan, you know, she has not written a lot, but, you know, Ruby Sparks is a movie I really like that she wrote a million years ago, and it feels like one of the reasons that she's decided to do this is not just because her grandfather was not able to adapt the whole book, but I suspect because she finds Cathy interesting and is wondering, like, "Maybe those guys did not really wanna think about her in interior life, and I would like to explore that in a way that neither pr- previous person did."
Kathryn VanArendonkHOST
One billion percent.
Kathryn VanArendonkHOST
I- it is, uh, the kind of impulse that I, I have so much sympathy for, I feel often when I look back at, um, at work from previous centuries and from male perspectives.
Jacob WhiteHOST
They just have that indie feel.
Robert ZortmanHOST
Ruby Sparks.
Jacob WhiteHOST
Mm, that one's pretty good.
Robert ZortmanHOST
I like Ruby Sparks.
Jacob WhiteHOST
Yeah.
Robert ZortmanHOST
That one's indie.
CarlosHOST
And she stars in it.
CarlosHOST
She's, uh, in, uh, Ruby Sparks.
CarlosHOST
She co-wrote that movie.
CarlosHOST
Yeah.
Sophie VershbowHOST
[upbeat music] I'm Sophie, and I love books.
Rudi GreenbergHOST
I'm Rudy, and I love movies, and this is It Was a Book First, the podcast about new book to screen adaptations.
Rudi GreenbergHOST
Today, we're looking ahead with a preview of the books, movies, and TV shows that we'll be covering this fall and winter, from horror stories to new takes on Jane Austen to the conclusion of a sci-fi epic.
Sophie VershbowHOST
If you're new here, Rudy and I are culture reporters, and on this podcast we discuss the page to screen adaptations that everyone's talking about.
Sophie VershbowHOST
I read the book, or as we'll talk about today, sometimes Rudy reads the book.
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Rudi GreenbergHOST
Johnson playing the writer.
Rudi GreenbergHOST
This'll, this is, I don't know, it's gonna be interesting.
Sophie VershbowHOST
Rudy, what wa- I'm curious about your reaction to this trailer 'cause I've now seen it, like, 10 times for other movies.
Kate ForsterHOST
So she's got a Netflix deal and she's producing this.
Tansy GormanHOST
She, Miss Zoe Kazan, do we remember Ruby Sparks circa what, 2012? The big sick? Yeah, whatever, you know, there was millennial optimism.
Tansy GormanHOST
She was millennial pessimism in the most optimistic sense and I loved it.
Tansy GormanHOST
I was such a big Zoe Kazan girl.
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