4 July 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\nLupita Nyong\u2019o felt the \u201cpressure on\u201d after she won an Oscar.<\/p>\n
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Lupita Nyong\u2019o felt the \u2018pressure on\u2019 after she won an Oscar<\/p>\n
\nThe \u201912 Years a Slave\u2019 actress, 41, was handed the trophy for best supporting actress for her role in Sir Steve McQueen\u2019s 2013 19th century-set slavery shocker, said she was left feeling like she could never fail in her acting career after getting accolade.<\/p>\n
\nShe told People: \u201cIt definitely put the pressure on. It was my first movie, and now I had received what is considered the pinnacle of one\u2019s achievement as an actor.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cSo there I was, like, \u2018Okay, what happens now? I can\u2019t afford to fail\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nWhen asked to detail the worst career advice she had ever received, Lupita added: \u201cThat I needed to seize the day and do bigger. That the next thing after \u201812 Years a Slave\u2019 needed to be a lead role in a blockbuster movie.<\/p>\n
\n\u201c(But) it wasn\u2019t about the size of the role, it\u2019s about the quality of the role, at least for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nLupita also said she was \u201creally set straight\u201d about her ambitions after talking with fellow Oscar-winner and acting veteran Dame Emma Thompson, 65.<\/p>\n
\nShe said: \u201c(Emma told me), \u2018You have to live your life the way you think is suitable. You have to listen to your own intuition\u2019. <\/p>\n
\n\u201cEven up until that point, there was no formula that I followed, so there had to be no formula moving forward.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cShe was like, \u2018You have to give yourself permission to fail\u2019. <\/p>\n
\n\u201cThat was really great advice to hear at a time when everybody was saying, \u2018Seize the day, you\u2019ve got to find that lead role, then you\u2019ve got to do this and that, and blockbuster movies and all that\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nLupita appears to have taken Emma\u2019s advice onboard as after her Oscar win she did a Broadway turn in \u2018Eclipsed\u2019 in 2016 \u2013 which landed her a Tony nomination. <\/p>\n
\nShe said: \u201cI listened to my intuition. I went back to the theatre and I did a play on Broadway, which really did save me from imposter syndrome and just the fear of failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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