Florence Pugh ’s latest role has viewers asking the same question after some of her most intimate scenes in East of Eden sparked a wave of online reactions.

The actress plays Cathy Ames in Netflix’s seven-episode adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic novel, bringing a famously controversial character to the screen with more context and emotional history.

But while some viewers have been captivated by Pugh’s performance, others are fixated on one seemingly strange detail : her expression during the intimate scenes.

Some viewers watching Florence Pugh as Cathy Ames have been left puzzled by how little emotion she appears to show during the show’s intimate moments.

“Why she look so bored??? She is obviously tired,” one viewer wrote.

While another suggested, “It’s obvious she wasn’t happy with it.”

Others were even more blunt, writing, “No emotion, no expression… just nothing!!”

But some viewers pushed back on the criticism, arguing that the apparent detachment could be exactly what Pugh is supposed to convey.