Tessa Thompson reveals that she was hit by “a big monster truck” on New Year’s Eve, but is “safe” and noted that the experience was “pleasant”, as the driver was “adorable”
Tessa Thompson was hit by ‘a big monster truck’ on New Year’s Eve.
The 37-year-old actress thought she was going for a “totally safe” weekend with a friend, but was in a car accident with a huge vehicle.
“I went up a mountain to go to a cabin and I thought, This will be totally safe because I won’t see anyone,” she said on Jimmy Kimmel Live. ‘But I had a car accident, so I had a socially distant interaction.’
Difficult experience: Tessa Thompson was hit by ‘a big monster truck’ on New Year’s Eve. The 37-year-old actress thought she was going for a “totally safe” weekend with a friend, but was in a car accident with a huge vehicle
And it went like this: ‘I drove up a mountain to go to a cabin and I thought, This will be totally safe because I won’t see anyone,’ she said on Jimmy Kimmel Live. ‘But I had a car accident, so I had a socially distant interaction.’ An image of her at Kimmel
She added: ‘I was hit by a big monster truck on the highway. Let’s put it this way. It is as “monster” as a truck could be, driving with a regular commercial license. I was hit, but I’m sure, obviously, and in fact, the driver was very kind in the end. ‘
The Westworld star insisted that she was not too upset about the accident because it was more ‘pleasant’ than the previous vehicle collisions in which she was involved.
She said, ‘I feel like I’m so used to car accidents because I was born and raised in Los Angeles, so accidents seem to be my birthright.
An OK situation: She added: ‘I was hit by a big monster truck on the highway. Let’s put it this way. It is as “monster” as a truck could be, driving with a regular commercial license. I was hit, but I’m sure, obviously, and in fact, the driver was very kind at the end ‘
‘I had a lot of them. But this was a pleasant one. ‘
The Sylvie’s Love actress is an outspoken supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement, launched Time’s Up # 4PercentChallenge and the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, asking Hollywood to hire more directors, and participated in the Pass The Mic challenge on Instagram, but Tessa didn’t cares if people think she talks too much.
She said recently: ‘I don’t think any artist necessarily has a responsibility to try to be an agent of change. But for me, it was always something that looked attractive. And if there is a risk in speaking, it has always been worth it. I’m just trying to learn how to appear in those spaces and pass the microphone on to people who know a lot more than I do.
‘Anyone who wouldn’t like to work with me because I’m a person struggling right now [that] the value and dignity of black people’s lives needs to be protected … I really don’t want to work with them. It is my life and it is important that my core values align with my creative ecosystem. ‘
His great Hollywood film: Thompson as Em with Chris Hemsworth as H in Men In Black International