Lupita Nyong’o on what compelled her to tackle ‘Us’ and the horror genre
“My sisters are so mad. They're like, ‘why would they pay you to scare us all when you've been doing it for free all your life?’ I scared my mom last week. I was priming her for the movie.”
Everyone said, ‘Brace yourself, Lupita! Keep a granola bar in that clutch of yours!’ I didn’t really understand what they meant, and it was only once it was past that I realized that my body had been holding on by a thread to get through this very intense experience. Nothing can prepare you for awards season. The red carpet feels like a war zone, except you cannot fly or fight; you just have to stand there and take it.