Tessa Thompson to make Broadway debut with Adrien Brody
Tessa Thompson to make Broadway debut with Adrien Brody
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Director, screenwriter #NiaDaCosta reworks the #HenrikIbsen 1891 stage drama #HeddaGabler in her #film #Hedda. #TessaThompson received a #BestActress #GoldenGlobeNomination but #NinaHoss is also magnificent
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27953589/reference/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
RogerEbert.com: How to Define Freedom: Nia DaCosta on “Hedda”
A gender-flipped version of Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler"? Interesting!
"“Hedda” stars Tessa Thompson as the titular socialite, whose cunningness is tested on a single night when her old flame Eileen Lovborg (Nina Hoss), an academic who also happens to be applying for the same teaching position as Hedda’s hapless husband George Tesman (Tom Bateman), arrives at her party brandishing her new book and devoted partner Thea Clifton (Imogen Poots). Set in the opulent yet repressed milieu of 1950s England—one of DaCosta’s many sharp adaptive choices—the film’s sophisticated sense of fashion, art, and interior design make for a sharp juxtaposition with the fractured and cutting jockeying happening underneath its resplendent exterior. "
https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/how-to-define-freedom-nia-dacosta-on-hedda
Nia DaCosta and Tessa Thompson Reimagine Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler in a Postwar British Setting
Director Nia DaCosta, known for her work on the Marvel blockbuster The Marvels and the horror reboot Candyman, teams up again with actress Tessa Thompson to bring Henrik Ibsen’s complex character Hedda Gabler to the screen. Thompson portrays Hedda as a mixed-race, bisexual woman in 1950s Britain, em... [More info]
Hedda – Watch Tessa Thompson in the trailer for Nia DaCosta’s adaptation of Hedda Gabler https://bit.ly/4mYrdBa
#Hedda #HeddaMovie #film #NiaDaCosta #HenrikIbsen #HeddaGabler #play #TessaThompson #ImogenPoots