‘The Fear of 13’: Tessa Thompson praises Adrien Brody, says, ‘He’s a tremendous actor; He is very kind’.
‘Men in Black’ actresses Tessa Thompson and Adrien Brody recently made their theater debut with their latest Broadway show. During her debut, Thompson talked about what it was like to work with the brutalist actor on stage, and the actress had nothing but good things to say about her co-star.
Read on to learn more about what Thompson said about Adrien Brody
Tessa Thompson talks about Adrien Brody during her Broadway debutEarlier this month, Thompson and Brody opened their first play, ‘The Fear of 13,’ at the James Earl Jones Theater in New York City. During her debut, as reported by People, Thompson gushed about what a great person and actor her co-star, Adrien Brody, was.When asked how was the overall experience of working with the actor, she shared, “It’s great. I worship him. He is amazing in this drama. He is a tremendous actor; He is very kind.” Furthermore, she said that while working with him she felt as if she had known him as a person for a very long time. She added, “I feel like I know him – maybe it’s just that you practice so much, and you get so close – but at the moment it feels like I’ve known him for ages. But it feels like this is just the beginning for us, which I’m grateful for.”The play’s writer Lindsay Ferentino also explained how much she wanted Brody to be a part of her play. Sharing that she kept up with the drama over the ‘Splice’ actor, she added that she “can’t say enough good things about what it’s like to work with him.” [Brody] And write for him.”
About Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson’s Broadway Debut, ‘The Fear of 13’
Both actors made their Broadway debut in ‘The Fear of 13’, which was written by none other than Lindsay Ferentino. She is known for her work in ‘The Queen of Versailles’, ‘This Flat Earth’ and ‘Ugly Lies the Bone’.The drama is based on a documentary about a man named Nick Yaris, who was sentenced to death for 22 years on false terms. The Broadway play explores his life and how he was imprisoned while awaiting death row, as well as his growth as a person during his more than 20 years behind bars.