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- On Oct. 29, Prime Video releases Hedda, a modern adaptation of the 1891 stage play 'Hedda Gabler' starring Tessa Thompson.
- Hedda Tesman, the film's protagonist, is the illegitimate child of a late general settled in an opulent manor with her husband George, and they host a professors' party to secure his professorship.
- At 107 minutes, the film sustains a smoldering, tense drama, anchored by the Thompson–Hoss dynamic as its biggest strength.
- After a TIFF debut and a brief theatrical run this past week, reviewers called the film an 'absolute must-watch' before its Prime Video streaming release.
- Eileen Lovborg's reappearance triggers the evening's spiral and drives the central conflict, exposing Hedda's attempts at control that mask struggles for agency, power, and desire.
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Tessa Thompson stars in 'Hedda', exploring love, power, and identity through Hedda Gabler
For director Nia DaCosta, adapting the acclaimed 19th century play Hedda Gabler into her 2025 film Hedda was like forging a “self-insert fanfiction.” “What would it be like if I were there or like literally any Black woman?” DaCosta recalled asking herself. Beyond the desire to see a lead actor who looked more like herself in the period story, DaCosta fell in love with the role of Hedda in the play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen in…
Director Nia DaCosta and actress Tessa Thompson breath new life in century-old Henrik Ibsen work
Director Nia DaCosta has this knack for re-imagining. It started with the horror film “Candyman,” continued with superhero flick “The Marvels,” and now stage play “Hedda.” Likely more impressive for those familiar with Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler;” performed…
'Hedda's Tessa Thompson, Nia DaCosta, and Nina Hoss reveal the secrets to that sexy entrance
How do you capture what it looks like to fall head over heels? This was the challenge writer/director Nia DaCosta faced in adapting Henrik Ibsen's classic play Hedda Gabler into a steamy and salacious sapphic romance. Hedda stars Tessa Thompson as the eponymous antiheroine, a woman who hungers for luxury, love, and freedom. And when she doesn't get what she wants, she proves to be a vicious mastermind. So, when Hedda's ex-lover, genderswapped by…
Tessa Thompson And Nia DaCosta Talk Female Rage And The Joy Of Chaos In “Hedda”
"As women, we have faced a lot of cruelty. So if there's any delight in causing chaos and not caring about what you tear down, I think some of the pleasure in doing that is just we as women have had so little space to do that generationally, and it's kind of delightful."View Entire Post ›
“They’re calling it c***y”: Tessa Thompson and Nia DaCosta on Hedda’s sapphic chaos
Tessa Thompson and Nia DaCosta have opened up about embracing a little lesbian chaos in Hedda. Billed as a “provocative, modern reimagining” of Henrik Ibsen’s 1891 classic Hedda Gabler, Prime Video’s romantic drama follows its protagonist as she “finds herself torn between the lingering ache of a past love and the quiet suffocation of her present life.” “Over the course of one charged night, long-repressed desires and hidden tensions erupt, pull…
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