Overview
- Tessa Thompson leads the cast as Hedda in DaCosta’s high‑style reimagining now available to stream on Prime Video and still playing in select theaters.
- DaCosta gender‑swaps Ejlert Løvborg into Eileen Løvborg, portrayed by Nina Hoss, introducing explicit LGBTQ+ dynamics and highlighting hurdles for women scholars.
- The film shifts the setting to a glossy post‑war English manor and compresses the action into roughly a day, emphasizing social performance and repression.
- Craft collaborators include cinematographer Sean Bobbitt, composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, costume designer Lindsay Pugh, and production designer Cara Bower, whose work shapes the film’s tone.
- In an IndieWire interview, DaCosta describes an adaptation ethos rooted in personal response, meticulous rehearsal, and precise tonal calibration with her cast and crew.