With Hedda opening October 22, Tessa Thompson is once again commanding the screen — this time as a reimagined version of Henrik Ibsen’s famously complex heroine . Under the direction of Nia DaCosta , the film reimagines Hedda Gabler in England during the 1950s , with Thompson supported by an impressive cast that includes Nina Hoss , Imogen Poots , Tom Bateman , and Nicholas Pinnock . Early reviews have already heralded Thompson’s mischief and magnetism – two qualities that have characterized her career from the very beginning.
Long before this, wielding a sword in Thor: Ragnarok , or starring in Creed alongside Michael B. Jordan , she brought that same emotional weight to her short but devastating arc on Grey's Anatomy . Her two episode