Making furry friends! Tessa Thompson takes a break from filming Thor: Love and Thunder in Australia to have a cute encounter with a kangaroo
She has been filming the Marvel sequel Thor: Love and Thunder in Australia for the past few months.
And Tessa Thompson took some time off work on Sunday to make some furry friends.
Posting to Instagram, the 37-year-old actress shared a video of the sweet moment she met a kangaroo.
Making furry friends! Tessa Thompson took a break from filming Thor: Love and Thunder in Australia to have a cute encounter with a kangaroo on Sunday
In the video, Tessa smiles as she pets the Australian native animal.
She simply captioned the clip with a teary-eyed emoji.
During her visit to the zoo, Tessa showed off her Hollywood style in 1950s-style sunglasses and a trench coat.
It comes two months after the animal-lover went horse riding in Sydney’s Centennial Park.
Hollywood style: During her visit, Tessa showed off her Hollywood style, as she donned 1950s style sunglasses and a trench coat at the Zoo.
Fun Down Under: Since being here, she has also visited hot spots like Nobu restaurant at Crown Towers and shopping at David Jones department store.
Since arriving Down Under, she has also visited hotspots like Nobu restaurant at Crown Sydney and department store David Jones.
The American actress flew into Sydney in January to join co-stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and Mark Ruffalo to film the latest Thor movie.
Thor: Love and Thunder will see Tessa’s character Valkyrie return to the Marvel Universe for the latest installment of the superhero series.
Back to work: The Men In Black: International star is set to reprise her role as Valkyrie in the latest instalment of the Thor franchise. Pictured with co-stars Chris Hemsworth (left), and Mark Ruffalo (right)
Star power: Natalie Portman (right), who plays female Thor, Jane Foster, in the highly-anticipated movie, has been in Sydney since September
Valkyrie was previously revealed to be one of the first LGBTQ characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The franchise has previously been criticised for merely paying lip service by making its LGBTQ characters supporting or background players and diminishing their queerness.
Production of Thor: Love and Thunder is expected to create 2,500 jobs in NSW.
Leading the way: Thompson’s character Valkyrie was previously revealed to be one of the first LGBTQ characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe