Tessa Thompson Talks Creed 3 and Introduces Us to Her Five-Year-Old Rescue Dog
76Michael B. Jordan’s directorial debut, Creed III, is now in theaters and stars Jordan, Jonathan Majors, and Tessa Thompson. Set three years after the events of Creed II, Jordan reprises his role as Adonis “Donnie” Creed, now the undisputed heavyweight champion. Donnie has not only made a name for himself with his career, and retired, but has built a life with his wife, Bianca, played by Thompson, who’s recently had to give up her own dreams of performing to salvage what’s left of her hearing. Thompson, who was first introduced as Bianca in the original Creed, directed by Ryan Coogler, is best-known for roles in Marvel Studio’s Thor saga as Valkyrie, Annihilation, and Justin Simien’s Dear White People.
In Creed III, Donnie and Bianca are now cultivating a life together in LA, raising their daughter Amara (Mila Davis-Kent), when a friend from Donnie’s past, Damian “Dame” Anderson (Majors), is released from prison. With nothing else to his name, Dame still holds onto his dreams of becoming a champion boxer and tracks Donnie down. As tensions simmer between the two, and Donnie wrestles with his guilt and the desire to protect all he’s worked so hard for, Bianca remains a solid constant by his side, urging him to take up his gloves once again and fight when Dame comes for his title. Creed III also stars Phylicia Rashad, Wood Harris, Florian Munteanu, and José Benavidez.
Collider’s Steve Weintraub was able to speak with not just Tessa Thompson while promoting the film, but also Coltrane Thompson. During her interview, Thompson introduced us to Coltrane, her five-year-old rescue dog who’s graced a number of movie sets from Creed III to Westworld to Thompson’s other feature, The Listener, directed by Steve Buscemi. When Coltrane had enough of the limelight, Thompson discussed what surprised her most about Jordan as a director, what didn’t surprise her about Jordan as a director, and what it means to be a part of a franchise that holds such a special place in the hearts of a massive fanbase.
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