Actor Tessa Thompson says she drew inspiration from her childhood memories for her character in the upcoming film, Little Woods. The Nia DaCosta-directed film features Thompson and Lily James as two estranged sisters from North Dakota who are driven to extremes when their mother dies, leaving them with one week to pay back her mortgage.

In an interview with Collider, Thompson said things would have been less "confusing" for her if the film had released when she was young. "It is also my experience. My half-sister, who I grew up and who has my heart, is white, and I'm me. We grew up in an experience where people were like, 'You're what?! How do you relate to each other?' To see that on screen and normalised was huge for me.