Tessa Thompson On Becoming ‘Hedda’

EXCLUSIVE : Tessa Thompson as Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler in filmmaker Nia DaCosta ’s sublime Hedda is a woman in charge of her own destiny.

Studying literature would’ve been a whole lot more fun if this voluptuous, 1950s-set re-imagining had been included on my school’s curriculum.

In fact, every drama student who wants to fully understand the randy old Norwegian man of letters should check out the Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios film now streaming on Prime Video.

The Gotham Awards have already bestowed Thompson with a Tribute Award honor, and she’s a nominee for Outstanding Lead Performance.

Ibsen paints Hedda, a general’s daughter — a daddy’s girl, handy with a pistol — as someone who wants to have power “over a human destiny,” essentially a man’s. The character