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Nia DaCosta’s Hedda Hits Prime Video With Tessa Thompson’s Standout Turn

DaCosta reimagines Ibsen by shifting the drama to 1950s England with a gender-flipped former lover.

Overview

  • Prime Video begins streaming the film today, Oct. 29, following a late‑October theatrical rollout in the U.S. and U.K.
  • DaCosta compresses the story into a single night at a lavish party, reframing the classic through a sharper psychological lens.
  • Eilert becomes Eileen Lovborg, centering a queer relationship opposite Thompson’s Hedda, with Nina Hoss co‑starring and Tom Bateman as George Tesman.
  • Tessa Thompson calls the role career‑defining, and DaCosta says she adapted the material to place a Black woman at the center.
  • Production filmed primarily at Nottinghamshire’s Flintham Hall after extensive location scouting, with critics praising performances and the film’s craft.