Tessa Thompson

And so I went into one of these antique malls and I'm, you know, finding so many things I love out of steel, little ceramics and pieces of lace and all these things.

And I turn one corner and the whole place.

stall is confederate flags it's all kinds of I mean some things I won't even say but really sort of shocking bumper stickers and pieces of literature and just kind of you know challenging to see that in and amongst sort of this all this sort of beauty and the quaintness of the store otherwise but that's very real you know when we were shooting you know

his and hers.

There were so many neighborhoods we'd go into where there were tons of Confederate flags on lawns.

And I think just having sort of the visceral experience of being in these spaces always feels important to me and always in the process of preparation just to touch down is a gift.

Richard Jones, married to rising star Lexi Jones.

What's that like?

Exciting.

Lonely.

Right?

Friends tell you it must be exciting to have a celebrity wife or what passes for a celebrity in Atlanta, but it's not, is it?

People recognize her in the grocery store, asking to take their photo.

Next to her, you're invisible.

She leaves at 2 for the 4 and the 6, and she stays for the 11.

And there's meetings after, so she doesn't get home until after 1.

You're already asleep, so goodbye, sex.

She makes five times more money than you do.

Oh, no.

Oh, and you're happy that she does.