‘Thor’ Star Tessa Thompson Says Being Open About Her Bisexuality Has Helped Fans Come Out
variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorSPOILER ALERT: This interview contains discussions about some scenes and storylines in “Thor: Love and Thunder.”In “Thor: Love and Thunder,” Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie is now King Valkyrie of New Asgard.
However, she has not found her queen. “You know, she’s flirty,” Thompson tells me on this week’s episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast.” She’s out in the world.
She’s ready for love. She’s definitely single and ready to mingle, but also I think, when the time is right.”Not that Thompson, who came out as bisexual four years ago, thinks romance is a necessity to show Valkyrie’s queerness. “I think a part of really being able to normalize queer characters, LBGTQIA characters, is to allow them to exist in their humanity and that doesn’t always mean that they’re in love or in a partnership because plenty of us know that sometimes you’re not.
So, yeah, we’ll see if she finds love.” I chatted with Thompson the morning after the Hollywood premiere of “Love and Thunder.” She stars in Taika Waititi’s Marvel film opposite Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Natalie Portman Jane Foster/The Mighty Thor.
