Lupita Nyong’o gets offered parts with ‘a lot of darkness and drama’
Lupita Nyong’o gets offered parts with “a lot” of “darkness and drama”. The 41-year-old’s breakout role was playing raped, beaten and abused Patsey in Sir Steve McQueen’s plantation-era ‘12 Years a Slave’, and she says ever since then she’s been flooded with movie offers to play bleak roles – even though she wants to venture into comedy. Lupita, who won a best supporting actress Oscar for her work in 2013’s ’12 Years’ told People: “I don’t get comedic roles offered to me. Ever. I’m known for dramatic roles, so I tend to get that kind of role. Lots of depth, darkness. “I love depth. I’m not say...