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Essence's West Coast Editor Regina Robertson spoke with Tessa Thompson about women leading action movies and her love for the Men In Black franchise.
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00:00Aside from being ambitious, was it? Motivated and looking good in black?
00:04Which I loved.
00:06Tell me about why you wanted to play Agent M.
00:13I really, first of all, jumped at the chance to work with Chris again.
00:17I love working with Chris.
00:19And I love these movies. The original films just really hold up.
00:23They made such an impression on me when I was a young person watching them,
00:26and they continue to impress me.
00:30And then I think also, you know, obviously there's always been women inside of the organization in these films,
00:35but there's never been a woman at the forefront of one of these narratives.
00:38It took me 20 years to find you.
00:41How many people can say that?
00:45You are the best kept secret in the universe.
00:48And I found you.
00:51Which makes me perfect for this job.
00:53And I'd like to get to a space where, inside of Hollywood, that is less noteworthy.
00:59Where we're just used to seeing that.
01:01We're used to seeing women top line movies.
01:03In the same way that men get to all the time.
01:05So I think the opportunity to hopefully usher us into that space more and more appealed to me as well.
01:12Ok, go ahead and go ahead and share an other way.
01:13Tikka.
01:14Thank you for that.
01:15I like to see you guys in Sydney as well.
01:16Thank you, guys.
01:17Thank you, guys.
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