Tessa Thompson Fights Back Tear From Spicy Wings While Discussing Thor

Tessa Thompson appeared on "Hot Ones" on July 7, where she opened up about the Thor franchise, telling Sean Evans that while

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"Thor: Ragnarok" was trying to "destroy every Thor movie that had come before" by challenging clichés and disrupting viewers' expectations

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the franchise's next installment, "Thor: Love and Thunder," is attempting to "recapture the magic" of the original film.

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"I think it's being able to hold a lot of different tonal pockets all at once," she said

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Thompson plays Valkyrie in the film, which stars Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman, among a host of other big names.

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. In the film, her character is openly LGBTQ+, a first for the MCU. She also discussed how getting her start performing in Shakespeare plays

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There was this idea that men are just more upright, that men aren't inclined to break their lines, and for some reason

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