Author's camping trip inspired Hollywood film Wicker
Summary
Ursula Wills said a camping trip to Melinsey Mill in Cornwall inspired her 2006 short story, The Wicker Husband. The story was adapted into Wicker, a film starring Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård and Peter Dinklage, which opened in UK cinemas on 30 October 2026.Key Facts
- Wills wrote the 14-page story after seeing wicker sculptures on an art trail around a pond at Melinsey Mill.
- The story follows an ostracised fisherwoman who pays a basket-maker to weave her a husband.
- Wills posted the story on the short-story website East of the Web, where it attracted readers.
- Actor Rhys Jennings and composer Darren Clark adapted the story into a musical that opened at Watermill Theatre in March 2020 and closed after four nights because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Producer Justin Lothrop approached Wills about film rights in 2021.
- Filming took place in Budapest in 2024 after Olivia Colman joined the project in 2023.
- The film was written and directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, who expanded the intimate relationship in the original story.
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