Nia DaCosta has "always had a yearning" to a more modernized take on Henrik Ibsen's classic play Hedda Gabler, the stars of the writer-director's new adaptation have shared. So much so, in fact, that it was like watching a dream come true while they were filming it.
From indie thriller Little Woods and superhero blockbuster The Marvels to legacy sequels Candyman and 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, DaCosta has been behind the camera of all sorts of movies across her seven-year big screen career. With Hedda, she swaps world-building and VFX for a single location, period costumes, and a tight, tension-filled script, as Tessa Thompson's titular master meddler throws the party to end all parties (and potentially some lives, too).
