Tessa Thompson Says She’s “By no means Had a Hamburger in My Life”

Tessa Thompson may wish to think about broadening her culinary horizons after admitting on the crimson carpet that she’s by no means had one quick meals staple.

Whereas talking to Amelia Dimoldenberg throughout an interview on the Vainness Honest Oscar occasion, the actor casually revealed, “I’ve by no means had a hamburger in my life.” When requested if that is as a result of she’s a vegetarian, she replied, “No. I eat different issues, I’ve simply by no means had a hamburger.” Thompson then added with fun, “It is the one factor extraordinary that I can nonetheless declare.”

 Nonetheless, she then went on to say one thing else fairly extraordinary, which is that she additionally solely “not too long ago” had an egg for the primary time, however would not get what all of the hype is about. “I had by no means had a kind of. I do not suppose they’re nice,” she confessed. When Dimoldenberg expressed that “eggs are so cool” due to all of the other ways you possibly can prepare dinner them, the Creed III star replied, “That is the issue with them. It is like, choose a lane.” However when requested about one other famously versatile meals—potatoes—she admitted, “I really like potatoes.”

This revelation comes shortly after Thompson made a really totally different kind of confession throughout an interview with Refinery29 earlier this month. She defined that she and Michael B. Jordan went to couple’s remedy collectively in character in preparation for his or her roles within the third installment of the Creed franchise through which she performs Jordan’s character’s spouse, Bianca. “The road typically between character and us get blurred as a result of we convey a lot of what we’re exploring personally to the characters usually,” she defined of the expertise. “I am going to say it was an early expertise in {couples} remedy for us each [personally], however it was as these characters, which may be very bizarre. However I believe it reminded us of our personal private lives that going to remedy, even when a relationship is nice, is usually a good factor for those who’re attempting to only sharpen communication and work out how somebody works. It is helpful in so many relationships.” She added that whereas they had been taking part in a personality in these periods, they had been “additionally reflecting on our personal relationships. Since we have been making these films for eight, 9 years, we have seen one another by means of varied phases in our personal romantic issues.” She concluded, “We all know stuff about one another’s lives. We shared and talked about it. So remedy ended up beginning at work and getting extra private.”