Lupita Nyong’o desires of starring in a romantic comedy.
The 41-year-old actress has made her title with a string of hard-hitting roles in movies resembling 12 Years a Slave and Us, however is now pleading with Hollywood casting administrators to place her in a light-hearted film.
“Please inform all people I’m on the lookout for the rom-com. I’m right here; I’m taking calls. Hear, if I have to audition, I’ll do it. I’m dying to do a comedy – dying to do a comedy,” she informed an viewers at an occasion hosted by Paramount Photos and Hollywood Confidential to have a good time her work.
Lupita gained a finest supporting actress Oscar in 2014 for her work in director Sir Steve McQueen’s horrific Nineteenth-century-set drama 12 Years a Slave. She has additionally portrayed a spy and romantic curiosity to Chadwick Boseman in Black Panther.
She has even began to promote her comedy talents on-line by posting light-hearted movies of herself and her cat on social media to point out her playful aspect.
“I’m attempting to inform these executives that I’m humorous and that I could be light-hearted and light-footed. However I do have extra dramatic roles within the can than gentle ones, so somebody’s simply obtained to take an opportunity with me. So take into account this my open utility,” Lupita added.
Regardless of her desires of a comedy function, the actress is presently starring within the Quiet Place prequel A Quiet Place: Day One.
She mentioned, “I used to be very honored to get supplied this function as a result of I feel it’s a very revolutionary world that John Krasinski created.
“The [US] Workplace” actor Krasinski, 43, starred in and directed the primary Quiet Place film in 2018, and Lupita referred to as his darkish creation about alien monsters who terrorize humanity by consuming them each time they hear them transfer or make a sound “a enjoyable world.”
“It’s a really particular world. It’s a tense world,” she added.
