Tessa Thompson, New 'Men In Black' Agent, Found Inspiration In The Originals
Thompson stars in the new Men in Black: International, and she says she might never have thought of movie stardom if she hadn't seen Will Smith on television and in the original Men in Black films.
by Audie Cornish
Jun 14, 2019
4 minutes
Tessa Thompson is one of Hollywood's fastest rising stars. With big parts in Thor: Ragnarok, Creed, and Westworld, she's gone from that actress you know from somewhere to the kind you stop on the street.
"It also doesn't help currently that I'm on the side of a lot of buses," Thompson jokes.
And part of what got her to this strange place is a sci-fi movie that came out in 1997, when she was 14 years old: . "I was — I still am — but then was a massive Will Smith fan. I grew up watching , and it's easy
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