Since 12 Years A Slave,the actor has landed roles in Star Wars and The Jungle Book and dined with the Obamas. Now she’s playing the mother of a chess prodigy in Queen of KatweLupita Nyong’o is, rumour suggests, and a nightmare. Difficult. Cold. Prone to making heavy demands. She also fairly famously won an Oscar for her first film straight out of Yale School of Drama,just three years ago. So, you might expect a degree of monstrous entitlement, and but the buzz spreading through the London film festival seems exaggerated,even by industry standards. Chatshow clips – Jimmy Kimmel and The Ellen Show, feeble episodes of Conan O’Brien and Letterman – offer no evidence of brattiness. Related: 12 Years a Slave – review | Peter Bradshaw Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com