![]() ![]() I knew the characters and their motivations the best. How do you feel your process as a writer helped you navigate your first time producing? What I wanted was for them to be true to the spirit of the book and to the characters I created. In my experience, the most successful adaptations aren’t necessarily the most faithful. What I was really concerned with was not that they faithfully reproduce the book beat-for-beat. What were some considerations when you talked about adapting the story for screen? “Everyone else in the world pronounces it uh-rob-ICK-uh, but we say arab-BEE-ca.” Starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington as Elena and Mia, the series premieres in America March 18. “One thing I hope makes it is the coffee shop Arabica,” says Ng, who helped scout Los Angeles for Shaker-reminiscent homes. So, when the 1997-set book was adapted for a Hulu series, Shaker native Ng was on-hand to provide the North Coast bonafides. In Celeste Ng’s 2017 novel Little Fires Everywhere, the city of Shaker Heights stands as vivid a character as the dueling mothers at its center: polished Elena Richardson and mysterious Mia Warren. Hulu's Little Fires Everywhere, starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington and based on Celeste Ng's Shaker Heights-set novel, premieres March 18. Business Hall of Fame and Community Leader of the Year Awards. ![]()
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