‘Wicker’ Cast and Directors Break Down the Fantasy Romance’s Most Pivotal Scenes
Writer-directors Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, alongside actors Alexander Skarsgård, Olivia Colman and Elizabeth Debicki, discuss pivotal scenes in their fantasy romance Wicker. Adapted from Ursula Wills’s short story, the film adds bawdy comedy and human detail to a fable about an ostracised fisherwoman who commissions a wicker husband, and explores how his devotion unsettles the village.
The filmmakers say the humour grew from imagining how the characters would behave, with clues already present in the source story. The interview also examines the film’s balance of comedy and fairytale, its treatment of the Tailor’s Wife, and the challenge of making the emotional reconciliation in the third act work. The supplied article text ends before the discussion’s full details are included.
In short
- Wicker expands a short fable into a comic fantasy romance.
- Its husband’s devotion highlights tensions in the village’s marriages.
- The cast and directors discuss tone, character and reconciliation.
Explained simply
Wicker is a fantasy romance adapted from a short story by Ursula Wills. It centres on a fisherwoman shunned by her village, who commissions a husband made of wicker.
Writer-directors Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson shaped the story for the screen, adding comedy and everyday human details to its fairytale elements. Actors Alexander Skarsgård, Olivia Colman and Elizabeth Debicki play characters whose relationships help drive the story.
The wicker husband’s devotion unsettles the village and changes how its people relate to the fisherwoman. The story also touches on exclusion, companionship and reconciliation.
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