The young actress Zoe Kazan, who plays her in the film, noted in a recent New York Times interview that the character in the book is “a figure of ridicule” and determined not to play her that way. Her brief turn as Maureen is rather moving, conveying the character’s wide-eyed, almost bovine admiration for Frank but never making her a bimbo.
Some Came Running: “Revolutionary Road”
Zoe Kazan, director Elia Kazan’s granddaughter, actor Paul Dano’s girlfriend.
