Lupita Nyong’o is embarking on a global press tour as the star of Paramount’s horror prequel “A Quiet Place: Day One,” but she could probably do without the press junkets. During an interview with Glamour magazine , the Oscar winner was asked about what irritates her most about being an actor. “Interviews,” she answered.
“You asked. I have to be honest. I’m going to tell you.
” Nyong’o clarified by saying that she does not necessarily mean all interviews are torture, but she does find press junkets to be a “torture technique” as “different people are being ferried in” to ask the same questions. She added: “You have to give each one of them attention, focus and an articulate answer that you just gave to the person before. That’s irritating.
” Per Glamour : “Early in her career, Nyong’o says, she was burdened by wanting to make sure she was perfect—her word—for every encounter. Since then she has accepted the fact that she can’t give 100% every day. ‘These days I allow myself to be a human being,’ she says.
‘I’ve just found a way of forgiving myself for not being perfect.'” Nyong’o is far from the only star to be honest about her irritation with press tours. Recent Oscar winner Cillian Murphy told GQ magazine in February that press tours (complete with red-carpet interviews and junkets) are not a great model and he’d much prefer to let the movies do the heavy promotional lifting.
“It’s a broken model,” he said of Hol.
