Overview
- Directors Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson adapted Ursula Wills-Jones’s short story into a feature starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård, centering on a fisherwoman who commissions a husband made of wicker.
- Wētā Workshop led an extended practical-effects process to build a mostly physical wicker suit that shapes performance, promotional imagery, and on-set choreography.
- Cast interviews emphasize that an intimacy coordinator, Ita O’Brien, choreographed simulated sex scenes with no nudity to reduce embarrassment and keep sexual moments suggestive rather than explicit.
- Early reviews and audience response have been strongly positive, with critics praising the film’s mix of bawdy fairy‑tale humor, social commentary on marriage and gender, and the lead performances under heavy prosthetics.
- The film’s viral marketing and meme-friendly moments have driven box-office momentum from its limited launch and set expectations for the upcoming wider theatrical expansion while Tor Books prepares a traditional publication of the original short story.