Lupita Nyong’o ‘in a bubble’ about being a star

By Tribute News on February 12, 2014 | Leave a Comment

Lupita Nyong'o was ''blissfully ignorant'' of what a huge star 12 Years A Slave would make her. The Kenyan actress has gone from being virtually unknown to an Oscar nominee in the last few months, and is still trying to get her head around what being a star means. She told New York magazine: ''I've been in a bubble. I haven't been out much. I haven't gotten used to being recognized. I was blissfully ignorant of the magnitude of the project I was in or what it was going to mean for the world.'' Lupita, 30, moved to Hampshire College in Massachusetts to study film and coming to live in the US after being raised in Kenya was a culture shock. She added: ''I thrive on structure. I find my freedom in structure. It was very hard to adjust to an individualistic and very liberal system. I mean, my upbringing, I would iron my clothes every night. I would plan what I wore the night before, and then I would iron it. That's just the way my mom raised us. Then I got to Hampshire, where clothing is sometimes optional and all this kind of thing. I was mortified."

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