Tessa Thompson is winning rapturous praise for her sizzling turn in Nia DaCosta's Hedda, a sexy and sapphic spin on Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler. But fret not. Their daring film isn't just for theater kids familiar with the classic play. This exclusive featurette from Prime Video welcomes audiences into the rich and scandalous world of Hedda in under four minutes.
Thompson, who headlines and produces Hedda, shares insights into the epic anti-heroine. "One of the things that makes Hedda a character that has captivated audiences for centuries," Thompson explains, "is that Hedda's motives and why she does what she does is kind of mercurial. She has a ferocious appetite."
For what? Oh, wealth, love, and carnage.
DaCosta's Hedda takes Ibsen's story of a wickedly smart and beautiful socialite who turns her discontent into everyone else's problem and places it in a new setting: 1950s England, with a queer twist. DaCosta has gender-swapped Hedda Gabler's former flame Eilert to Eileen, played here by Nina Hoss, who'd previously portrayed the title role on stage. "This reinvents the whole story," Hoss explains in the featurette.
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