Ep. 92: Zoe Kazan on Writing, Westerns, and Working With The Coen Brothers

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week on</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">TIFF Long Take</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Geoff chats with actor and screenwriter Zoe Kazan. It’s been a busy few months for Kazan. In October, the feature film '</span><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Wildlife'</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">—</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">which she co-wrote with her partner, Paul Dano, and which had its Canadian premiere at TIFF in September — opened to great critical acclaim. Most recently, she starred in “The Gal Who Got Rattled,” one of six vignettes that make up the Coen Brothers’ anthology film '</span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Ballad of Buster Scruggs'</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, now playing at TIFF Bell Lightbox.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kazan talks about the films that made her want to pursue a career in show business, how her work as an actor has influenced her screenplays, and the best piece of advice she ever received about writing.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She also talks about her all-time favourite film scripts, how her role in '</span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meek’s Cutoff</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> '(2010) prepared her for '</span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Ballad of Buster Scruggs'</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and what she learned working with the Coen Brothers.</span></p>