Lupita Nyong’o felt the “pressure on” after she won an Oscar. The ’12 Years a Slave’ actress, 41, was handed the trophy for best supporting actress for her role in Sir Steve McQueen’s 2013 19th century-set slavery shocker, said she was left feeling like she could never fail in her acting career after getting accolade. She told People: “It definitely put the pressure on.
It was my first movie, and now I had received what is considered the pinnacle of one’s achievement as an actor. “So there I was, like, ‘Okay, what happens now? I can’t afford to fail’.” Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion.
When asked to detail the worst career advice she had ever received, Lupita added: “That I needed to seize the day and do bigger. That the next thing after ‘12 Years a Slave’ needed to be a lead role in a blockbuster movie. “(But) it wasn’t about the size of the role, it’s about the quality of the role, at least for me.
” Lupita also said she was “really set straight” about her ambitions after talking with fellow Oscar-winner and acting veteran Dame Emma Thompson, 65. She said: “(Emma told me), ‘You have to live your life the way you think is suitable. You have to listen to your own intuition’.
“Even up until that point, there was no formula that I followed, so there had to be no formula moving forward. “She was like, ‘You have to give yourself permission to fail’. “That was really grea.
