{"id":224928,"date":"2025-10-25T15:39:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T15:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/224928\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T15:39:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T15:39:17","slug":"if-the-new-prime-video-movie-hedda-reminds-you-of-saltburn-youre-not-the-only-one-but-the-cast-dont-see-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/224928\/","title":{"rendered":"If the new Prime Video movie Hedda reminds you of Saltburn, you\u2019re not the only one \u2013 but the cast don\u2019t see it"},"content":{"rendered":"

For some lucky US cinephiles, Hedda <\/a>is already showing in select theatres. For everyone else, the new movie is coming to Prime Video<\/a> on October 29 \u2013 and there might just be another film on the streaming service that it reminds you of.<\/p>\n

Based on the famed Ibsen play of the same name, director Nia DaCosta transforms a story we’ve heard countless times into something fresh, prompting us to ask brand-new questions. Over the course of one night at a raucous mansion party, there’s deceit, a love triangle, and inappropriate power dynamics at play.<\/p>\n

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It’s wild, it’s scandalous, it’s enough to make you blush if you’re watching with family. Now, what does that remind you of?<\/p>\n

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If you answered Emerald Fennell’s controversial 2023 movie Saltburn<\/a>, you’re on my wavelength. As soon as Hedda had its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, the comparisons came flooding in. After watching it, I can see why… but I think the judgment does Hedda a huge disservice (read my review to find out why, I’m keeping this spoiler-free).<\/p>\n

When I had the opportunity to speak to the film’s cast during its London premiere, I knew I had to get their thoughts on the Saltburn comparisons… and their answers caught me by surprise.<\/p>\n

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“No. Only because they’re very different,” star Tom Bateman, who stars as George Tesman, tells me when I ask him if the Saltburn-Hedda headlines are fair.<\/p>\n

“I mean, the only thing I can see similar is a big party that takes place in a manor house. It’s sort of like a similar aesthetically that way. Maybe there is, because of the tensions and complexities between people, the secrets, whatever relation and the manipulation controlling of other people.”<\/p>\n

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Nicholas Pinnock, who plays Judge Roland, chimes in, “It’s funny, because I think when we were shooting this, we actually talked about Saltburn quite a lot, because it had come out as we were filming. We talked about certain moments. I guess I’ve weirdly never thought about the parallel beyond that.”<\/p>\n

I can’t say it’s surprising that Saltburn was brought up, given how much of a watercooler effect it had. But here’s where they differ: Saltburn’s party scene was brief but completely chaotic frivolity, indulging in pure hedonism until it crashed head-on into life-changing disaster.<\/p>\n

In the case of Hedda, the party is everything… and I mean everything. It’s the reason the story exists in the first place, and it serves as a battleground for calculated, restrained sabotage. Hedda (Tessa Thompson) throws the party to get George the promotion he wants, but decides to make everybody else’s lives more difficult in the process.<\/p>\n

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It’s a fascinating watch, and you can stream Hedda and Saltburn one after the other to see if you agree with me. But the cast’s last words?<\/p>\n

“I think [Hedda] is a testament to how rich and confident the piece is, what Nia has done, and what everyone felt doing it. We felt very confident in what was being created.”<\/p>\n

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