Tessa Thompson Doesn’t Need You to Like Her Latest Character, Hedda, But She Does Want Her to Be Understood

Tessa Thompson Doesn’t Need You to Like Her Latest Character, Hedda, But She Does Want Her to Be Understood

“I’ve had young women say to me, ‘I’m such a Hedda,’ ” says Thompson. “I think what they mean is that they have some part of them that also acts on impulse, that also wants to walk into a room and take up space. And those qualities, I think, are actually really admirable.”