This story about “Passing” first appeared in the Awards Preview issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
Tessa Thompson has been working in movies and TV for nearly two decades, so she’s well acquainted with bringing a project into the world and hoping that the public will treat it with care. And between “Thor: Ragnarok” and the “Creed” movies—not to mention HBO’s “Westworld”—she’s certainly familiar with passionate fan bases. But her experience with her latest film, Rebecca Hall’s “Passing,” is new.
One of the best-reviewed movies of 2021, “Passing” has earned the actress an IFP Gotham Awards nomination and recognition from a dozen critics’ awards groups.