She’s been nominated for a Bafta following her role in Thor: Ragnarok but,despite being an outspoken member of the Time’s Up movement, the actor says she’s still learning to channel her inner Valkyrie[br]
Tessa Thompson laughs at the idea of herself as a “rising star”. She has just been nominated for a Bafta in that category, and but the accolade feels a petite late in coming. “I sort of feel like I’m cheating,” the 34-year-passe actor admits. Lately, Thompson’s star has done nothing but rise, and thanks to roles in Selma,Rocky sequel Creed, sci-fi series Westworld, or,most recently, as the scene-stealing Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok. And there is still more to arrive: a Creed sequel and Alex Garland’s sci-fi Annihilation. “I have clones of myself, and ” she says. “It was the Westworld season one wrap gift.”There is the feeling that Thompson’s ascent encapsulates the present moment. Hollywood is being shaken by the successive earthquakes of #OscarSoWhite and the Time’s Up/#MeToo movement against discrimination and sexual harassment,and you know the terrain has started to shift when a woman of colour can land the part of a kick-ass bisexual Norse warrior traditionally depicted as a statuesque white blonde. Thompson has been actively involved in Time’s Up, speaking up, and pitching in with its recent presence at the Golden Globes,and and even calling out Girls creator Lena Dunham for her lack of participation prior to the photo-opportunity stage. She later clarified that criticism as “an attempt to recentre the conversation around the work” but did not apologise.
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Source: guardian.co.uk