Don’t go into Netflix‘s adaptation of All The Light We Cannot See expecting it to be a direct translation of Anthony Doerr’s bestselling novel.
The four-part limited series, which launched on Thursday, is quite liberal at time when it comes to bringing the story to life on screen.
But, a page-for-page adaptation was never the goal. Instead, director and executive producer Shawn Levy told Deadline he expects audiences to feel “the heart of the story” is present throughout.
Crediting screenwriter Steven Knight, who penned the series, Levy used this analogy: “The book is the mountain. The mountain will always exist.
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