Her career went nowhere fast.
| by Anonymous | reply 246 | February 27, 2018 12:34 AM |
Perhaps she was a little too thirsty for that Oscar win?
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 10, 2015 6:43 PM |
She would have gotten further with D'inahquerst'a Smalley-Wright, her birth name.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 10, 2015 6:48 PM |
Ignorance is back. Watch her in the new Star Wars film coming up soon, might've heard about it?
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 10, 2015 6:51 PM |
Her part is voice only. An alien bug.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 10, 2015 7:06 PM |
The sad reality is that Hollywood still does not have much use for black actresses in film. TV has opened up a lot more over the past few years (thanks, Shonda) but movies are still quite a distant shore. Frankly, I predict in the years to come that she will end up making her career in television (probably in something produced by either Shonda or Lee Daniels).
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 10, 2015 7:10 PM |
In the Jungle Book, it's a voice part -- right now she's at the Public Theater in NYC doing a play. She's on-screen in the new Star Wars movie.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | October 10, 2015 7:12 PM |
By the way, I saw her onstage in a new play last week at The Public Theater called "Eclipsed." She was quite good. Hopefully, she will also have a fruitful career in theater as well.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 10, 2015 7:17 PM |
This is 2015. 12YAS probably finished filming in 2012 since it was released in 2013. Then there was Non-Stop as an extra. Two voice only small parts and now an off Broadway play. Doesn't seem like she is the new 'it girl' after all.
But she does go to every Red Carpet event.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | October 10, 2015 7:37 PM |
Maybe she's not going anywhere because she can't act. She was awful in 12 Years A Slave, one of the worse performances to be rewarded with an Oscar. I've heard better emotions being conveyed on pron sites. (Even Beatrice Straight for her two minute performance in NETWORK was more riveting and showed greater range.) She's desperate for the papps though, don't get in her way when she sees a camera! Footnote in cinematic history already. The footnote will soon be removed when something/someone more meaningful comes along and needs that space.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 10, 2015 7:57 PM |
She doesn't look African American she looks African (because she is). That is a big limitation in terms of getting parts in America. Her foreignness would need to be explained.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | October 10, 2015 8:13 PM |
And we all know what being in a Star Wars movie can do for your career.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | October 10, 2015 8:22 PM |
Next time a new actress is nominated for best supporting, perhaps it would be wise to be grateful for the nomination and not knee-cap the competition!
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | October 10, 2015 9:27 PM |
R12 she knee capped the competition?
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | October 10, 2015 9:29 PM |
Jesus, do you queens want to take the award away from her? If she keeps her options open to work in tv/film/theater/model, she'll be alright.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | October 10, 2015 9:32 PM |
She's still advertising base for Lancome I think. She's quite fashion, she needs to keep that end to things up. And the rumors are that she's terrible in Star Wars so don;t expect that turn to relaunch her to the top of the heap.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | October 10, 2015 9:44 PM |
I think I speak for everyone when I say we tired of her when we realized we had been sold a bill of goods. Her non-stop pr made us believe that she was some destitute African teenager who simply fell off a Nigerian turnip truck and instantly was discovered and became a movie star. Kinda like the multi-cultural, politically-correct, 21st Century version of Lana Turner being discovered at the soda fountain in Schwabs. When in reality dear, cunning Lupito was in her early 30s, came from a very wealthy and connected family, went to Julliard and had mucho industry contacts. And add on top of that she's not a very good actress and she has no breasts or sex appeal and we got over her real quick.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | October 10, 2015 9:56 PM |
Fuck you, r17, you don't mind the p.r. when other actors and actresses are presented to us, why be bothered by Lupita's p.r. push? Would you prefer she was a destitute waif who was discovered by kindly (white) Americans? Oh, her brother is going to be in a Tom Ford movie, more reason for you to get your panties in a twist.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | October 10, 2015 10:08 PM |
She's pretty but she's a minimal talented famewhore cunt an people got wise to that.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | October 10, 2015 10:17 PM |
R18, little touchy, aren't we? R17 makes a lot of good points. Are you - black? or an habitually-annoyed lesbian? Both??
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | October 10, 2015 10:26 PM |
Dance Litttle Pats, dance!
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | October 10, 2015 10:29 PM |
I like R17's points. I find them pithy.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | October 10, 2015 10:29 PM |
Yes, the poor African underdog speech was a little disingenuous when you find out her father is actually a Senator in Kenya and her mother head of a major corporation in Africa. After hearing all the hype, I was like WTF after watching her performance in 12YAS then discovering she has done almost nothing else. Never have I noticed such PR for best supporting actress - I was expecting something much more genuine. Now I am not surprised she has not landed more roles since then.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | October 10, 2015 10:38 PM |
I thought she was wonderful in The Help.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | October 10, 2015 10:45 PM |
I can't stand her supid face with those bizarre doll-like lips. Ugh. Ugly as fuck.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | October 10, 2015 11:48 PM |
Shhhh, R26, leave Lizsha alone.
She's been hit with the Best Supporting Actress Curse. They often go nowhere after they win it.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | October 11, 2015 12:06 AM |
Why is there a best supporting actress curse? I know the winners are often inexperienced and or have a novelty factor. Best lead actress usually goes to someone more proven. Why does the supporting actress statue so often go to light weights?
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | October 11, 2015 12:28 AM |
[quote]Why does the supporting actress statue so often go to light weights?
I wouldn't say it goes to light weights. (at least not until recent years.)
The problem was often that quirky off beat women won and then immediatly were boosted up to trying to be lead actresses and carry films BUT they weren't really the types to be box office draws.
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | October 11, 2015 12:35 AM |
Lupita does too much fashion-type stuff. Seeing her on the covers of Vogue and such didn't really make her seem like the serious actress that Yale and the Oscar seemed to portend. She seems like a Kardashian nowadays.
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | October 11, 2015 12:37 AM |
She turned up at Cannes to promote a DRESS. She didn't have a film to flog, she didn't manage to network her way into a new role. She promoted a DRESS.
Apparently she turned down in SOUTHPAW, CONCUSSION and FREE STATE OF JONES because she wanted leading lady roles. She campaigned heavily for a STAR WARS role that was moved to EPISODE 8 so the Andy Serkis-esque role as life sized bug she received was a consolation prize.
But she got two Vogue covers. I think the constant whining about how dark skin women are relegated in favour of lighter skinned or mixed race actresses hurt her, especially as she has one real, almost silent supporting role to her credit. Spoiled rich girl who believes her own hype.
It's like how Jessica Chastain was complaining that poor roles for women and anti-red-head feeling explains her decade of non-stardom... but only if, once she got her break, Jessica Chastain didn't work fucking hard to get heaps of roles to actually, you know, act.
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | October 11, 2015 1:35 PM |
Nyong'o is insufferable. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | October 11, 2015 1:51 PM |
where is her fame-whore brother?
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | October 11, 2015 2:00 PM |
Name a black actress who is going somewhere promising fast. One cannot because she doesn't exist. You can go work for Shonda, Lee or Tyler, and that's it.
I don't care for her much at all, but even I know that there's nowhere for a black actress go...not fast anyway. There's MAYBE 1 good mainstream movie part a year. MAYBE
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | October 11, 2015 2:14 PM |
R32, that sounds very personal. Why do you say that? Are you in the industry? Have you dealt with her personally?
| by Anonymous | reply 35 | October 11, 2015 2:20 PM |
Oh my, the gays have turned on her! A few years ago you guys couldn't help but make numerous threads about her, praising her beauty, class, fashion sense, .etc, now all of a sudden you speak of her as if she's the Black Goop?!
Gays are the most fickle human beings alive!
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | October 11, 2015 2:23 PM |
Well, I think no matter what one thinks of Lupita specifically, the fact remains that black actresses in general do not get the opportunities of their white counterparts -- and of course this is not news as openly-gay actors (like Matt Bomer) are not going to get the opportunities of their straight counterparts (e.g., Chris Hemsworth). That's why so many actors today stay firmly in their closets and will continue to do so. Unfortunately, black skin cannot be concealed like sexual identity, so there you go.
Lupita does not have the right to complain about what she's attained in the industry versus that of lighter-skinned actresses given that her first role won her incredible fame and an Oscar, but I wouldn't blame her one bit for being pissed that she's limited to supporting roles forever while a one-note, range-free Jennifer Lawrence has become Hollywood royalty just because she's pretty, white and blonde. And yes, that is the only reason because J-Law is no great actress and gives the exact same performance in every role. You don't have to a Lupita supporter to know this is true.
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | October 11, 2015 2:38 PM |
I don't like Jennifer Lawrence - who obnoxiously plays the press with her doofus persona - but she is a good actor with bad habits. She is one of the few who would have benefited from a three year drama school course which would've made her a great actor from the outset.
That Oscar should been Sally Hawkins' or (not even kidding) Julia Roberts' second.
Lupita remains untested and barely acts. She turned down three reasonable parts - perhaps she thought more roles were coming but she is a poor auditioner and didn't get the better roles she anticipated. I honestly don't know if she has the timing, comedy and personality to work for Shonda Rhines and Lee Daniels. They generally hire solid stars and charismatic character actors. Honestly, she's like Gwyneth Paltrow without the interestingly weird personality and the succession of men.
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | October 11, 2015 3:14 PM |
She's not a good actress and doesn't have any outstanding traits aside from the total blackness of her skin. I guess she could be a fashion plate? Jezebel screed bemoaning the lot of POC in T-minus....
| by Anonymous | reply 39 | October 11, 2015 3:26 PM |
To all you Jennifer Lawrence haters - at least she has a body of work you can watch and criticize. So far, Lupita has 20 minutes of screen time - and lots of Red Carpet appearance plus Canne where she did not even have a movie to promote (attention whore). Jennifer Lawrence never goes to such events unless she is a nominee, or prior winner obligated to participate.
There would be more articles questioning Lupita's career, but the press is afraid because of her skin color. How dare they question the wondrous Lupita? Bad more to complain about lack of offers right after winning the Oscar! And a supporting win does not translate to immediate success regardless of skin color.
| by Anonymous | reply 40 | October 11, 2015 6:35 PM |
She's a fool to turn down even half-decent work. She's in her 30's she doesn't have many years left in Hollywood. She'd better say yes to some things soon.
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | October 11, 2015 6:48 PM |
All these comments make me think gay bashers are doing a service, if you silly fags are any example of what gay men are. Luckily you're not. You're just a bunch of cunty trolls. It's utterly laughable, the snark comments about this actress who's clearly talented, successful, and beautiful. I'm sure you'd all like to be on the cover of Vogue and wearing her dresses, but you're not. Please get over yourselves, bitches.
| by Anonymous | reply 42 | October 11, 2015 6:51 PM |
I looked up Octavia Spencer's filmography and she's worked a lot since her win. Yes is mostly supporting work, but she won for supporting actress. There's no reason to expect a supporting acting win translate into a lot of leading roles. It's weird that Lupita turned down supporting roles. I wonder if Lupita was expecting star vehicles to be developed for her.
| by Anonymous | reply 43 | October 11, 2015 6:59 PM |
She´d be great in a new version of "Caewash".
| by Anonymous | reply 44 | October 11, 2015 7:37 PM |
Yes, it does appear that she was expecting a best supporting to translate into starring vehicles for her - after all, the hype for her two years ago was truly unprecedented. Too bad she believe in her own hype.
| by Anonymous | reply 45 | October 11, 2015 8:24 PM |
Lupita certainly deserves the spotlight more than JLaw.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 46 | October 12, 2015 12:00 AM |
[quote]Lupita remains untested and barely acts. She turned down three reasonable parts
What did she turn down?
| by Anonymous | reply 47 | October 12, 2015 12:07 AM |
JLaw already had the Hunger Games and X-Men franchises when she won her Oscar. She was already a star, the Oscar just enhanced that stardom. Lupita was unknown prior to her Oscar campaign. It's rediculous to expect Lupitas win to put her at the same fame level.
It looks like she doesn't want to do TV. She could have gotten herself high profile guest spots coming off her win. The Good Wife or Scandal writers would have been happy to write a guest arc for her. She would have likely gotten an guest acting Emmy nom out of it.
| by Anonymous | reply 48 | October 12, 2015 1:57 AM |
but she wears cute dresses
| by Anonymous | reply 49 | October 12, 2015 2:26 AM |
She plays an animated bug in the Star Wars film? The poor thing. This is the worst post-Oscar career since Mira Sorvino.
| by Anonymous | reply 50 | October 12, 2015 2:30 AM |
R47 - upthread at r31, SOUTHPAW, CONCUSSION and FREE STATE OF JONES. Which means she has turned down the chance of being directed by Gary Ross, playing Will Smith's wife and being in a relatively well received Jake Gyllenhaal vehicle. Her loss was Naomi Harris' and Gugu Mbatha-Raw's gain and they are both beautiful and have years of pexperience each. I think Lupita was chasing the $$$ and holding out for a more substantial role in Star Wars which didn't eventuate. As it is her next live action part is a supporting role in an African film about an chess prodigy.
Hell. Even Gabourey Sidibe has managed to work pretty consistently with some reasonable directors and in things people actually see.
| by Anonymous | reply 51 | October 12, 2015 2:40 AM |
[quote] SOUTHPAW, CONCUSSION and FREE STATE OF JONES.
Could you say which actrsses got the roles? I'm too lazy too google it. You mentioned to other women but what about the third.?
| by Anonymous | reply 52 | October 12, 2015 2:43 AM |
Mbatha-Raw picked up two of the parts. Both Concussion and Free State look like they would have been decent high-profile parts. If she turned them down, she was a fool. There are very few actresses, let alone black ones, who can turn away good supporting roles. Sounds like she's getting bad advice.
| by Anonymous | reply 53 | October 12, 2015 3:11 AM |
r38 is right: Hawkins or Roberts should have won the Oscar.
r37, however, is wrong about Lawrence and they should die in a grease fire.
| by Anonymous | reply 55 | October 12, 2015 3:42 AM |
Is she still developing AMERICANAH as a vehicle for herself? I remember she bought the film rights a while back.
| by Anonymous | reply 56 | October 12, 2015 3:42 AM |
She was on The View the other day discussing how she wants to direct. (that old cliche)
| by Anonymous | reply 57 | October 12, 2015 3:45 AM |
R55 sounds mentally challenged.
| by Anonymous | reply 58 | October 12, 2015 4:26 AM |
She wasn't even the Best Supporting Actress in her own film, let alone the Oscars.
| by Anonymous | reply 59 | October 12, 2015 4:34 AM |
[quote]When in reality dear, cunning Lupito was in her early 30s, came from a very wealthy and connected family, went to Julliard and had mucho industry contacts.
But she didn't went to Juilliard.
| by Anonymous | reply 60 | October 12, 2015 4:40 AM |
R51, Gabby is a great example of an actress who managed to continue to act far beyond a lot of people's expiration date for her. She has worked consistently and as you said people see what she is in. From one thing to the next she has kept going. She doesn't have Lupita's looks but she works hard. From that Eddie Murphy movie to The Big C then on to American Horror Story: Coven and now Empire and Difficult People. If she wasn't a regular now on Empire I'd expect Murphy to have written an appearance for her in AHS: Hotel since he brought her back for two episodes on Freak Show.
Lupita could learn a lot from her. It's one thing to wait for the next awesome role to come around but the people that survive in that business are the people who actually work.
| by Anonymous | reply 62 | October 12, 2015 4:59 AM |
Gugu is really stunningly beautiful. And actually charming. I'm glad she's getting a break.
| by Anonymous | reply 63 | October 12, 2015 5:51 AM |
She was a rich model that won awards for dressing up in slave rags. Is this a movie that anyone would want to watch a second time?
I'm sure many voters didn't even sit through the whole movie once.
| by Anonymous | reply 65 | October 12, 2015 6:17 AM |
According to Lupita, light skin/mixed race black women like Gugu and Naomi are why dark women are unemployed. Yet they picked up roles she was too good for!
Viola Davis and Gabby Sidibe may not be young and pretty enough to hawk cosmetics, but they got out there and worked. Lupita is more to blame for her career than Hollywood. She assumed she could follow in the footsteps of fellow 30-something undiscovered beauties like Naomi Watts or Jessica Chastain.
Frankly, I don't know if she is a good enough actor for TV. She doesn't act enough to let us know.
| by Anonymous | reply 66 | October 12, 2015 6:18 AM |
[quote]She was a rich model that won awards for dressing up in slave rags.
no she wasn't. She was a Yale Dram student who got cast a few weeks after graduation.
| by Anonymous | reply 67 | October 12, 2015 6:23 AM |
Gugu Mbatha-Raw also dated sleepy-eyed Charles Dickens descendant Harry Lloyd. Go Gugu!
| by Anonymous | reply 68 | October 12, 2015 6:45 AM |
Stick a fork in her - she is done.
Why do so many here bring up Jennifer Lawrence in this discussion - 2 entirely different careers completely. Is it a hold over from Lupita's very intense campaign - where it was not enough to win, she had to take down Lawrence's career in the process? Looks like it did not work out too well for Lupita. And Lawrence is definitely not a flash in the pan.
| by Anonymous | reply 69 | October 12, 2015 1:13 PM |
Concussion is just a supportive wife role. But Lupita probably should have taken it, better than playing a bug in some Star Wars movie. Turning down Free State of Jones was a big mistake. It's a lead opposite McConaughey, a Civil War biopic about a real life biracial couple in Mississippi who led a rebellion against the Confederacy. And it 's a Gary Ross film. And who made JLaw a star by casting her in Hunger Games? Gary Ross.
| by Anonymous | reply 70 | October 12, 2015 1:31 PM |
Lupita Oscar wasn't Oscar- Oscar.
| by Anonymous | reply 71 | October 12, 2015 1:36 PM |
Rumour has it that the role Lupita actually wanted to play in Star Wars was moved to Episode 8, which is why she got a bit part as a CGI character in The Force Awakens...
... and a few days ago, Gugu Mbatha-Raw has reportedly signed for the lead role in Episode 8. Man. You couldn't make this shit up.
| by Anonymous | reply 72 | October 12, 2015 2:10 PM |
Ouch. There's always someone younger (hey, every month counts) and prettier. And in this case, with a proven track record.
| by Anonymous | reply 73 | October 12, 2015 2:19 PM |
Lupita's problem is obviously she's a rich girl from a 3rd world country. The rich in all 3rd world countries - doesn't matter if it's Africa, India or South America - have a major superiority complex. They're used to being surrounded by servants and luxury and looking down on the hoi-polloi. They're just too good for everything. It will be her downfall. Enormous sense of entitlement.
| by Anonymous | reply 74 | October 12, 2015 2:20 PM |
Oh she'll be alright, I'm sure Brad Pitt and Steve McQueen will find something for her to do.
| by Anonymous | reply 75 | October 12, 2015 3:40 PM |
They're taking their sweet time about it.
| by Anonymous | reply 76 | October 12, 2015 4:09 PM |
There absolutely is a huge sense of entitlement about her - accept during her acceptance speech at the Academy Awards - such an underdog!!!!
And now she says she is more interested in directing and producing. With her lack of any meaningful acting other than 20 minutes on film, that also comes across as arrogant - and entitled.
If Pitt and McQueen were truly interested they would have done something by now. How long hasit been since 12YAS wrapped?
| by Anonymous | reply 77 | October 12, 2015 4:21 PM |
Who is this Dupita Lenovo you speak of???
| by Anonymous | reply 78 | October 13, 2015 7:01 PM |
She's crashing and burning on stage in NYC right now. Even though she is almost middle-aged, she only got the tortured waif role because she is an Oscar winner and the producers needed a name to get this boring and depressing, Athol Fugard-like African play even mounted. Her inadequacies can't be hidden under the harsh glare of a proscenium spotlight.
| by Anonymous | reply 79 | October 16, 2015 3:48 PM |
She's a black actress and she isn't pretty. She looks like a man. No I'm not racist.
| by Anonymous | reply 81 | October 16, 2015 4:30 PM |
Ugh, she's playing the exact same whiny black damsel in distress role in this production that she did in the slave movie only this time she's from Liberia. Talk about a narrow range.
| by Anonymous | reply 82 | October 16, 2015 7:01 PM |
Why on earth did she turn down the Gary Ross movie - afraid of being typecast as a slave?
| by Anonymous | reply 83 | October 16, 2015 9:44 PM |
A one note wonder, for sure. Already she has to finance her own projects. Rather pitiful for an actress with an Oscar (but only 20 min of screen time).
| by Anonymous | reply 84 | October 20, 2015 11:20 PM |
Gary Ross is responsible for making JLaw a superstar. I can never forgive him for that.
| by Anonymous | reply 85 | October 21, 2015 1:54 AM |
She has been working quietly since her win. She is an actress. She opena on Broadway soon in the downtown play.
| by Anonymous | reply 86 | October 21, 2015 2:13 AM |
She isn't shown in the new Star Wars trailer so she must have a tiny part.
| by Anonymous | reply 87 | October 22, 2015 3:54 AM |
She looks beautiful so since when has that been a problem in Hollywood?
| by Anonymous | reply 88 | October 22, 2015 5:25 AM |
Anyone seen her play? It is transferring to Broadway next year.
| by Anonymous | reply 89 | November 1, 2015 8:24 PM |
According to the Daily Mail, she is an ice cold b1tch, diva, and rest of cast in play have real problems working with her.
| by Anonymous | reply 90 | November 6, 2015 2:03 PM |
I don't think that article is believable. Her Instagram tells a different story.
| by Anonymous | reply 91 | November 6, 2015 2:42 PM |
Having worked in the entertainment industry for a fair bit and having light skinned and dark skinned actor/actress friends, I can vouch for Lupita's claim that casting favors light skinned girls like Halle, Naomie, Zoe and Rosario in lead roles. They're black without being really black. It's all about the foreign box office now.
| by Anonymous | reply 93 | November 6, 2015 3:23 PM |
Isn't she starring in Machonne's play on Broadway??
| by Anonymous | reply 94 | November 6, 2015 3:26 PM |
I have no doubt TBTP prefer black women who look as little traditionally "African" as possible, but that doesn't explain Lupita's career, the slow pace of which is based on her choices. Audiences do not know her as an actress at all. She is recognisable as an Oscar Winner and a fashionista. She turned down some very solid roles in favour of mainstream stardom that didn't come - and is may have well not have come because she is as much concerned with branding as acting.
[quote]Her Instagram tells a different story.
Hahahah!
| by Anonymous | reply 95 | November 6, 2015 7:39 PM |
I don't know that "bug" really describes her SW role well. Her mocap role as Maz Kanata seems a little bit more Yoda-ish, both in form and content> She's introduced as a pirate/cantina owner and is apparently revealed at the end as a Jedi in training. Her character supposedly continues into the next film.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 96 | November 6, 2015 7:54 PM |
she is not even in the trailer, so her part must be rather insignificant.
| by Anonymous | reply 97 | November 8, 2015 11:55 AM |
It's no secret that lighter skinned black girls (Halle Berry, Angela Bassett, Vivica A Fox, Taraji P. Henson, Rosario Dawson, Queen Latifah) in Hollywood have it easier. The only real dark-skinned actress to become a proper 'star' is Whoopi Goldberg (who had the added disadvantages of her dreadlocks, her lack of traditional beauty or sex appeal, her drug issues, her dyslexia, her age, already being a mum,... but had the advantage of actual talent) and now Viola Davis (who complains about it every time there's an interview).
That aside, Lupita was getting a LOT of offers (she also got offered Emayatzy Corinealdi's big suffering wife role in the Miles Davis biopic that is going to net Don Cheadle a lot of awards attention next year). It's ridiculous to think that after literally 1 movie (and yes, the Oscar) you'll be getting lead starring vehicles, but her hype was indeed massive and people (such as her co-star Alfre Woodard) were almost criticising Hollywood if they didn't give her what she "deserved" (lol). Girl got too picky, turned down a lot of stuff, and now has little to no bankability factor. 12 Years was filmed in 2012 and now it's almost 2016, the ratio of acting work to magazine / fashion work has been 1:300. And that's probably her biggest mistake, because she had the serious Yale / theatre actress / Oscar winner thing going for her and pretty soon if she's not careful she's going to be seen as just another clotheshorse like, say, Kate Bosworth or Sienna Miller.
She does have her 3 film deal with Disney but Star Wars and Jungle Book are basically voice roles, and Queen of Katwe (the chess movie) isn't going anywhere any time soon. If I were her, i'd start taking TV work to boost her acting profile, and get Americanah (which has the potential to be at least a critical darling and solid vehicle for her based on the source material) going ASAP before she becomes a fashion footnote. There's no reason to bemoan Gugu stealing her thunder... she's been a long-underrated talent who has proven her work on stage, in film, and on television for years and years. 'Concussion' is currently gaining Oscar buzz for Will Smith and Lupita was dumb to turn it down. Yes Jessica Chastain had it easier, but Gabourey Sidibe, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, and hell even June Squibb have been working their asses off and maintaining steady and successful careers. I hope Lupita can fulfil her promise but she really needs to just do SOMETHING at this point.
| by Anonymous | reply 98 | November 8, 2015 1:53 PM |
R97, I think they're keeping her character's appearance under wraps as much as possible, just like they are with the other major mocap performance by Andy Serkis who plays the primary villain. You can *hear* her throughout the trailer, she's the first and last thing you hear, starting with "Who are you?", and ending with "The Force is calling to you...just let it in".
| by Anonymous | reply 99 | November 8, 2015 9:44 PM |
Complaining about not getting roles worthy of her was such a bad strategic move. She should have been grateful for an Oscar with such a limited body or work. Now it truly does appear that something is amiss regarding her career in Hollywood. Don't think the minor roles in Star Wars or Jungle Book seem very promising.
| by Anonymous | reply 100 | November 11, 2015 7:13 PM |
Can't she get a role in the Roots remake?
| by Anonymous | reply 101 | November 11, 2015 7:42 PM |
The Sun is reporting that her Force Awakens role has been cut back due to troubles she had with motion-capture performance. It may be bullshit, it *is* The Sun, but who knows...
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 102 | December 3, 2015 5:13 AM |
She's been reduced to doing Broadway!!!!
| by Anonymous | reply 103 | December 3, 2015 5:22 AM |
She's gorgeous, but I think ONE of her problems was allowing that skank whore Jared Leto near her ladyparts. He dumped her and went back to WW.
| by Anonymous | reply 104 | December 3, 2015 5:26 AM |
Men don't get near Lupita's pants.
| by Anonymous | reply 105 | December 3, 2015 5:27 AM |
Her play is moving to Broadway to the Golden and she will probably be nominated for a Tony as she and the play received excellent reviews at the Pubic.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 106 | December 3, 2015 6:07 AM |
r98 is right. She has turned into Sienna Miller.
| by Anonymous | reply 107 | December 3, 2015 2:37 PM |
R102 JJ denies.
While you can't really trust anything ANY of these people (Tabloid journalist, OR people selling a movie) say...I am inclined to believe JJ here. "Cutting" a role in this movie doesn't seem like an option, this is a major event and if it truly wasn't working they would have recast or worked until they got it right. And I can't imagine a motion capture role, of all roles, being the one that was difficult here.
Oddly enough, Daisy Ridley (The lead girl) herself has come out and stated that she had a VERY difficult time adjusting on set. She said that JJ called her acting "wooden" at one point! Others have kind of hinted that Boyega (The lead guy) is the stronger actor....I'm very interested in seeing how she does in this role.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 108 | December 5, 2015 6:12 AM |
I found her brother to be really annoying.
| by Anonymous | reply 109 | December 5, 2015 6:21 AM |
Don't really have much of an opinion of her, but this thread is interesting. I can't believe she turned downed a lead role opposite McConaughey. That doesn't sound accurate.
| by Anonymous | reply 110 | December 5, 2015 6:45 AM |
r33 sucking my salty bellend. his mouth is quite good
| by Anonymous | reply 111 | December 5, 2015 6:51 AM |
she's appearing on mags cover again this month. Her PR team is working overtime.
| by Anonymous | reply 112 | December 5, 2015 1:51 PM |
Who cares about this average looking African chic. I am a black female who do not see the hype. There are a lot more attractive chic in Africa, she is not all that attractive without a brown foundation on her face.
| by Anonymous | reply 113 | December 5, 2015 3:43 PM |
R110 it doesn't sound right to me either. Maybe she was being considered for these roles but they decided to go a different direction. It could just be her PR spin that she turned them down. I was a bit confused by the Star Wars thing. She was supposed to play a big part, that part got pushed off to the episode eight so she's doing a smaller role in episode seven? Why wouldn't she just wait it out for the bigger part and do the Will Smith and McConaughy films?
| by Anonymous | reply 114 | December 5, 2015 4:10 PM |
r110/r114
I got the impression that she turned down the Gary Ross film Free State Of Jones so not to typecast herself in Civil War era but turning down the chance to work with a filmmaker of that caliber would be moronic. You guys make more sense; maybe her PR team spun that "Lupita is seeking lead roles" and "Hollywood only employs light skinned women" when in reality she does not audition well. Gugu Mbatha-Raw got the roles opposite Smith and McConaughey, and Naomie Harris got a supporting role in Southpaw. Because being fresh out of drama school, Lupita is utterly untested as a screen actress. The other two have a good decade each of experience in film and television.
Way back on various Star Wars boards, it was said Lupita was one of a handful who auditioned for significant role in The Force Awakens that was shifted to Episode VIII (which was won by, naturally, Gugu). The CGI character is a bone JJ threw to her as a consolation prize because he is a fan of 12 Years, but not necessarily because she had the role that went to Gugu all sewn up.
| by Anonymous | reply 115 | December 6, 2015 2:24 PM |
[quote]Who cares about this average looking African chick
Considering that less than 1% of women look good bald or with very short hair and she looks GREAT, I'd say she's stunning rather than "average."
| by Anonymous | reply 116 | December 6, 2015 2:38 PM |
The Concussion role just called for a supportive wife so it wouldn't have added much in the way of acting honors, but it would have increased her visibility as an actress as opposed to a fashion model as it will likely do well at the box office.
But the Free State of Jones character is fantastic. If you read up on Newton and Rachel Knight and their rebellion against the Confederacy, it is dynamite. Rachel was a slave used as a brood-mare who turned into a key figure on the Underground Railroad and ultimately a revolutionary guerilla fighter and then fell in love with her comrade Newton Knight. If Gary Ross pulls it off (and he may not be the trendiest filmmaker but he's never directed or written a bad film and has had several Oscar noms), Gugu can become a major star. Lupita missed the boat on that one.
| by Anonymous | reply 117 | December 6, 2015 2:47 PM |
r117 Yeah, that's why I think she simply fails to make the cut. It makes sense, realistically, that Lupita doesn't audition or take meetings well, rather her being so selective about her screen acting to the extent that she basically doesn't do any.
r116 Nonsense. Today, women tend to cling to long hair because it represents femininity to straight men, but the shoulders was the fashion for most of the 20th Century. Most actresses are, by necessity, beautiful, and so most of them women look better with boy cuts, crops or pixie cuts than one would expect because they have the combination of strong and fine facial features to pull it off: Case in point Halle Berry. Her buzzed hair shows off her beautiful face. Her long straggly weave has her looking like an old, skinny, hippie. See also Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Keira Knightley, Mia Farrow, Rihanna, Demi Moore, Charlize Theron, Sharon Stone, Natalie Portman, Jamie-Lee Curtis.
| by Anonymous | reply 118 | December 6, 2015 3:17 PM |
R118, nothing you say contradicts what I wrote about a bald head or a very short haircut being extremely unflattering on the majority of women (NOT actresses).
| by Anonymous | reply 119 | December 6, 2015 4:31 PM |
Her acting career really hasn't gone anywhere, but her overall career is probably fine.
| by Anonymous | reply 120 | December 6, 2015 5:02 PM |
We don't like her because we were brazenly lied to about her backstory.. She was not some teenaged African wait plucked from jungle obscurity and immediately cast in a major Hollywood motion picture, The pc fairytale created by her pr team and sold by her was simply offensive and untrue. It was the 21st Century multi-cultural fantasy version of Lana Turner at Scwabs.
| by Anonymous | reply 121 | December 6, 2015 8:46 PM |
To R115 and others, Gugu is NOT in the next Star Wars film. Those were just rumors.
I'm not really buying that Lupita was going for a role in the NEXT movie, that has not even been written yet, and which will be directed by a completely different person (Rian Johnson), was turned down, and then managed to land a role in TFA.
A lot of those geek-centric sites throw in a lot of presumption with their articles, then of course they take from and alter one another stories, sometimes the echo-chamber churns out shit that sounds compelling but probably isn't true.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 122 | December 7, 2015 1:10 AM |
Also, as R10 said way in the beginning of the thread...Lupita has an accent. Her character seems like it was written with her accent in mind. She's basically playing another version of Yoda.
I just get a strong sense that she was specifically wanted for that part.
| by Anonymous | reply 123 | December 7, 2015 1:13 AM |
She's going to win a Tony this spring, when ECLIPSED moves to Broadway.
Not that she is the hands-down Best Actress, but the buzz around her is incredible in New York right now.
Wouldn't be the first time a Tony is given to a good actress but not really the most deserving...
| by Anonymous | reply 124 | December 7, 2015 7:39 AM |
My favourite scene in 12YAS was when Sarah Paulson broke that vase over Lupita's head. What a bitch.
| by Anonymous | reply 125 | December 7, 2015 8:30 AM |
I live in NY and I have not heard any buzz about Lupita. Guess I just am not in the loop .
| by Anonymous | reply 126 | December 7, 2015 11:20 AM |
Equal opportunity; blacks can have career sags/be flash-in-the-pans just like whites. No discrimination there; just - facts.
| by Anonymous | reply 127 | December 7, 2015 11:25 AM |
But her brother had all those photo opportunities, by God what the hell is wrong with this world .
| by Anonymous | reply 128 | December 7, 2015 11:39 AM |
[quote]We don't like her because we were brazenly lied to about her backstory.. She was not some teenaged African wait plucked from jungle obscurity and immediately cast in a major Hollywood motion picture,
Who ever claimed that she was?
| by Anonymous | reply 129 | December 7, 2015 11:39 AM |
I never thought she was some obscure waif . Her whole back story was she was some kind of diplomats daughter hence the name Lupita which is a commen name in Mexico, where she was born or something . I never thougt more of her than that she was soooooo overhyped from being in 1 stinking movie and I did not think she was all that. Very pretty but no big deal.
| by Anonymous | reply 130 | December 7, 2015 11:46 AM |
Hollywood is not interested, but the media is.
Expect a lifestyle esite any day soon, and Emma Watson-style activism on behalf on a UN agency.
| by Anonymous | reply 131 | December 7, 2015 12:22 PM |
Wow. After an entire thread bemoaning her not jumping at every commercial crumb thrown her way, Lupita, for all her pickiness, is now all but a lock for the Tony. The OP and others in this thread shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a starting (serious) black actress's career because they're thinking Taraji P. Henson while Lupita is aiming for an entirely different universe. And she credits Alfre Woodward among others for mentoring and advising her that desperation does not provide for good choices. This girl is playing the long game and just doesn't want to be reduced to mere arm candy or someone's wife or girlfriend like Naomie and Gugu.
| by Anonymous | reply 132 | December 7, 2015 12:25 PM |
Lupita's PR person at R132
| by Anonymous | reply 133 | December 7, 2015 2:02 PM |
R32 the Free State of Jones wouldn't have been a desperate pick, it's an interesting story and character. Most actresses of any shade would love to play a character like that. I wouldn't call the Concussion part a crumb, just not super exciting.
| by Anonymous | reply 134 | December 7, 2015 5:55 PM |
Free State of Jones is liable to make a lot of noise beyond just movie circles. There was a forum at the Smithsonian a couple of weeks back about the Knight Company's rebellion. The Southern Unionists had all but been erased from history by the Lost Cause pseudo-historians and reduced to footnotes by Northern historians (including Ken Burns who only included a short bit on the "Emperor of Jones" about Newton Knight in his Civil War documentaries).
There wasn't a bigger and more successful rebellion than Knight's which combined both Confederate deserters and escaped slaves. His views on race, his role in Reconstruction were unique for his time. With all the fucking Confederate flag bullshit, the story is sadly as pertinent today as it was then. Lost Causers love to blame Reconstruction for the South's extreme poverty after the Civil War, but the Confederate Army was only too happy to rob poor farmers and their families blind (including Knight's), exempting rich slaveowners from military service.
| by Anonymous | reply 136 | December 7, 2015 6:51 PM |
Please just stop, r132. You're fooling no one.
| by Anonymous | reply 137 | December 7, 2015 9:48 PM |
Maybe this great, new Guardian piece will help the OP and others understand why Lupita is in no rush to become the next Robin Givens, Stacey Dash or Gabrielle Union by doing what's usually expected of every black starlet i.e. taking the most visible roles just because they're available. It's pretty clear this girl has no intention of becoming merely the girlfriend or love interest like, say, Naomie Harris who will never be more than that.
Sorry r137, I'm afraid your dream of seeing Lupita in Tyler Perry's 'Why Did I Get Married For' (sic) is slightly unrealistic for a girl of her background and intelligence.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 138 | December 12, 2015 8:49 PM |
Naomie Harris played Winnie Mandela and was the first black actress to play Miss Moneypenny. She also kicked zombie ass in 28 Days Later.
Nice try.
| by Anonymous | reply 139 | December 12, 2015 9:02 PM |
I like that she's not taking roles for the sake of it, other actresses in her position would've done 50 films by now, and most of them would've been garbage.
| by Anonymous | reply 140 | December 12, 2015 9:12 PM |
Pity she hasn't found a husband yet.
| by Anonymous | reply 141 | December 12, 2015 9:39 PM |
It's one thing to play Winnie Mandela in a biopic about her and another to be seen as just as Nelson's wife in a biopic about him.
| by Anonymous | reply 142 | December 13, 2015 3:39 AM |
Lupita has so little acting experience it's impossible to judge whether she is actually talented or not.
| by Anonymous | reply 143 | December 13, 2015 4:44 AM |
I agree with r143. She could be a one-trick pony. We'll see.
| by Anonymous | reply 144 | December 13, 2015 10:50 PM |
Her role in Star Wars was so small. But she milked enough publicity out of it.
| by Anonymous | reply 145 | December 23, 2015 6:31 AM |
She is a gorgeous girl, if Hollywood can't find parts for her, it would be absolutely stupid.
| by Anonymous | reply 146 | December 23, 2015 6:56 AM |
Will she ever be honest about how her career was handed to her on a silver platter because of her wealthy family's connections instead of being discovered poverty-stricken in the African Serengeti? And that she's almost 40 and not 22?
| by Anonymous | reply 147 | December 23, 2015 12:51 PM |
Her documentary about albinism was financed by her parents. Yes, she had an easy start.
| by Anonymous | reply 148 | December 23, 2015 2:06 PM |
Concussion barely hovering above rotten on rotten tomatoes. Dodged another bullet, Lupita.
| by Anonymous | reply 149 | December 25, 2015 3:04 PM |
She played a sex slave in Eclipsed on Broadway earlier this year
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 150 | December 25, 2015 3:07 PM |
She's dark skinned. Unfortunately, dark skinned black actresses have a tougher time in Hollywood thanks to colorism. I think she'll eventually turn to producing/directing.
| by Anonymous | reply 151 | December 26, 2015 4:58 PM |
I am indifferent to Lupita until I see more of her although she is quite striking. But do not as yet see her range. Whoever said she is almost 40. She is 32 years old she is not a grandmother yet. She is in her prime. And even if she was almost 4o so what she still could be an actress , isn't Chastain like 36 or 37?. I do not know what the hell is wrong with people. We have made advancements in so many things but the moment you hit 30 for Men and Woman it is like you are about to wither away into a ball irrelevance. And that is why I like. European movies where they seem to value their actors.
| by Anonymous | reply 152 | December 26, 2015 5:17 PM |
Actresses lie about their age. Chastain lied about hers and got caught. Lupita may well be lying about hers. Even if she's not, at 32 she has eight years left to get work in Hollywood. After 40 roles become very thin on the ground for women, for Black women they're even thinner and for dark skinned Black women they are thinner still. Eight years is not a long time. It's certainly not enough for her to "play the long game" and turn down co-starring roles with McBongo. She's a very dark-skinned Black actress, however unfair it may be she's going to have to take what she can get.
I thought part of the "pretty African ingenue gets nominated for an Oscar for her first role" story was proven to be a lie because before she went to Yale she had acted quite a bit and didn't get anywhere. Am I not remembering that correctly?
| by Anonymous | reply 153 | December 26, 2015 7:12 PM |
The gullible public was sold a bill of goods with regard Miss Lupita and the "miraculous and uplifting" arc of her life. That pr lie eventually was exposed but not until she was assured of her underserved Oscar win.
| by Anonymous | reply 154 | December 26, 2015 7:42 PM |
She and her brother are annoying.
| by Anonymous | reply 155 | December 26, 2015 7:51 PM |
She looks younger than her age, and will probably keep doing so, black don't crack, you know.
[quote]Is it a hold over from Lupita's very intense campaign - where it was not enough to win, she had to take down Lawrence's career in the process?
What is this referring to?
| by Anonymous | reply 156 | December 26, 2015 10:08 PM |
I like her in "Non-stop".
| by Anonymous | reply 157 | December 26, 2015 10:37 PM |
R156, the obvious implication is that Lupita's Oscar campaign included some nasty shit towards/about Jennifer Lawrence in order to take Lawrence out of the running for Best Supporting Actress. Who knows whether it worked or not, JLaw got mixed reviews for her part in American Hustle.
| by Anonymous | reply 158 | December 26, 2015 10:43 PM |
JLaw didn't get mixed reviews for American Hustle. She won several critics awards, including NY, won the Golden Globe and the BAFTA. Amy Adams was the one with the mixed reviews for the movie, and still managed to score a nom. Lawrence was *this* close to win a second Oscar, but Lupita's "red carpet darling" act paid off in the end.
| by Anonymous | reply 159 | December 26, 2015 10:47 PM |
She won some awards and was nominated for even more of them but she did get mixed reviews, R159. As I remember it, there was a lot of talk about JLaw being too young for the role. I thought she was brilliant in American Hustle (as was everyone else) JLaw should have won over Lupita that year. I liked 12 Years A Slave but found Lupita's performance to be one of the film's weakest.
| by Anonymous | reply 160 | December 26, 2015 10:53 PM |
Yeah, Sarah Paulson breaking something over her head was great
| by Anonymous | reply 161 | December 26, 2015 11:07 PM |
Lupita only acted locally for Kenyan tv. She was unknown outside her country.
| by Anonymous | reply 162 | December 29, 2015 4:47 PM |
Bitch doomed her "big star" career by:
1) not changing her last name 2) fake origin story that REALLY puts people off 3) star ego 4) overexposure as fashion it girl (AGED it girl at that)
The end.
| by Anonymous | reply 163 | December 30, 2015 11:53 AM |
Link please to the fake origin story, r163. Or you're making shit up. She's always been proud of her father and spoke several times about growing up with a dad who's a public figure.
| by Anonymous | reply 164 | December 31, 2015 11:50 PM |
Yoda 2.0 had way too much vocal fry.
| by Anonymous | reply 165 | January 8, 2016 1:26 AM |
Does she have much to do in the Star Wars film?
| by Anonymous | reply 166 | January 8, 2016 1:28 AM |
The Supporting actress curse can be deadly. That is why I immediately moved up to lead roles.
| by Anonymous | reply 168 | January 8, 2016 1:38 AM |
I still want her as "Captain Marvel" in the movie. She could be "Monica Danvers" or "Carol Rambeau", but mixing the 2 would give the producers-
1) a star, 2) a black female lead actress, 3) a power set that combines both characters-
without changing anything about the original story.
| by Anonymous | reply 169 | January 8, 2016 2:52 AM |
Feel like SW ended up being a really bad look for her. Completely worthless part, silly character, and she has to compete with a young british ingenue for attention.
| by Anonymous | reply 170 | January 11, 2016 11:20 PM |
R169 Fuck no to blackwashing as much as whitewashing. If you want Lupita to be cast in Marvel movie, cast her as original black woman, not some retcon.
| by Anonymous | reply 171 | January 11, 2016 11:25 PM |
[quote]Bitch doomed her "big star" career by:
... being super-black. Girl isn't even close to the milk chocolate that the studios see as acceptable for major actors. Name one female film actor as black as Lupita who has had any sort of major film career.
| by Anonymous | reply 172 | January 11, 2016 11:33 PM |
R171-
The first female Captain Marvel was a black woman. Making Carol black would be a non-issue.
| by Anonymous | reply 173 | January 11, 2016 11:48 PM |
R172 she got offered the role of Will Smith's wife in Concussion (not a great role but would have increased her visibility) and the female lead in Free State of Jones (a very good role), but she turned them down to play a nonentity in Star Wars. All her own fault.
| by Anonymous | reply 174 | January 11, 2016 11:49 PM |
So you won that Oscar and haven't had a decent role since, and now you've come crawling back to Broadway. Well Broadway don't go for snotty attitudes from some blacker-than-an-ace-of-spades foreigner with an accent. Now outta my way, I gotta man waiting for me. Oh.... and I would snatch your wig off, but I can tell you aren't wearing one.
| by Anonymous | reply 175 | January 12, 2016 12:31 AM |
[quote] Name one female film actor as black as Lupita who has had any sort of major film career.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 176 | January 12, 2016 12:35 AM |
Yeah, Whoopi's film career is studded with gems after she won her Oscar.
| by Anonymous | reply 177 | January 12, 2016 12:40 AM |
Are you really denying that Whoopi had a prolific career in the 80s and early 90s, R177?
She's certainly not as beautiful as Lupita, but they share the same shade of complexion.
| by Anonymous | reply 178 | January 12, 2016 12:45 AM |
Whoopi made a career, and won an Oscar for, playing stereotypical sassy black women. If she'd won for The Color Purple, instead of that mawkish drivel Geraldine Page turned out to get her lifetime achievement award, she may have had a more serious film career than Theodore Rex and Jumpin Jack Flash.
| by Anonymous | reply 179 | January 12, 2016 12:49 AM |
Bunch of idiots on here.
She just did an acclaimed run Off-Broadway at the Public Theatre in "Eclipsed", and that was so well-received (and sold out so quickly) that it is transferring to Broadway this spring. And note: it's her NYC debut.
So she's going to pop up on Broadway (another debut) in a month or two and be part of that whole awards conversation and in a piece of work that everyone is going to take very seriously.
I can't wait to see it. Given her training at Yale, she has the stage chops.
Lots of hate on here for a very talented actress with a career most would cut off their pinky fingers for. Not sure why.
| by Anonymous | reply 180 | January 12, 2016 12:50 AM |
R180 you do know that Broadway draw doesn't equal Hollywood draw, don't you?
| by Anonymous | reply 181 | January 12, 2016 1:22 AM |
R181
The woman has "STAR" written on her forehead. She is stunning and graceful and exotic.
If Marvel made her "Captain Marvel" it would shut up a lot of the "nerds are racist" posters.
| by Anonymous | reply 182 | January 12, 2016 2:43 AM |
Lupita, as she likes to tell everyone she meets, when to Yale. Yale graduates don't do superhero movies. Just ask M.
| by Anonymous | reply 183 | January 12, 2016 2:44 AM |
[quote] Yale graduates don't do superhero movies.
That's right... they just play characters named Fonzie or host shows about how much food you can guzzle in a sitting.
| by Anonymous | reply 184 | January 12, 2016 3:04 AM |
I don't know why they don't make more movies with scared black people in them!
| by Anonymous | reply 185 | January 12, 2016 3:38 PM |
r182 What is exotic about her exactly? There are millions of women who look just like her.
| by Anonymous | reply 186 | January 13, 2016 4:02 AM |
I think she "turns down" (realistically, loses them to Gugu and Naomie) roles is because of her inexperience as a movie actress. She has played one role which required little speaking, a flight attendant and a motion capture midget who may as well been completely CGI.
On the upside, her theatre career seems to be doing better than Jessica Chastain's (who, as far as I can tell, with the exception of Salome, received mediocre reviews on stage).
| by Anonymous | reply 187 | January 13, 2016 1:17 PM |
Join me in celebrating my well-deserved Tony nomination for leading performance by an actress.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 188 | May 3, 2016 2:23 PM |
Lupita pens essay explaining why she's turned down so many movie roles.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 189 | May 3, 2016 2:25 PM |
R181, you have no idea why? Hint: she's black and doesn't look like a white woman with a tan (Halle Berry).
| by Anonymous | reply 190 | May 3, 2016 2:50 PM |
[quote] Partly because of the conversation the industry has been having about women and racial and cultural representation, I have recently decided to participate more fully in the development of roles I choose in the future…
So, instead of expecting the roles to come to her like a princess, she will get out there and network and try to develop projects at her agency, like I don't know, EVERY WORKING ACTOR OUT THERE.
| by Anonymous | reply 191 | May 3, 2016 2:56 PM |
Yale graduates don't do Superhero Movies? HA!
Liev Schrebier: Wolverine and other Wolverine films.
Courtney B. Vance- 2009 The Spectacular Spider-Man (granted, it was tv, but doesn't that make it worse? superhero stuff ON TV!)
David Alan Grier did AStro Boy. Animated, but still superhero.
You can use google, too.
| by Anonymous | reply 192 | May 3, 2016 2:58 PM |
She should have sucked more cocks.
| by Anonymous | reply 193 | May 3, 2016 3:32 PM |
r17 I'm sick of racist cunts like you when half of white hollywood made it through connections and nepotism. Her family is educated and financially secure not wealthy. Learn the distinction.
| by Anonymous | reply 194 | May 3, 2016 3:35 PM |
One thing I noticed in 12 Years is that it was frequently difficult to make out her features when she was in a frame with a white (or lighter skinned like Ejiofor) actor. Is there an issue with lighting for a cinematographer? Serious question, not trolling.
| by Anonymous | reply 196 | May 3, 2016 6:32 PM |
r196. One of the main challenges of cinematography. I first heard about it from the DOP of that hostage movie that starred Kevin Spacey and Samuel L. Jackson. Apparently, if you set up the lighting to suit white skin, black skin will come out unnatural and vice-versa. I have since noticed that movies starring Denzel usually have white actors with pasty looking skin.
| by Anonymous | reply 197 | May 3, 2016 8:16 PM |
Yep. Whomever is the star gets the best lighting. Hence Denzel looks like a god and his costars look like Caspar. Hilarious example is 8 MILE. The film, with its "gritty" blue sheen, is lit for Eminem and Kim Basinger, and you're squinting through the darkness to make out the predominently black cast, including the not-at-all-dark Anthony Mackie.
When making WAITING TO EXHALE, a women's film which needed the cast to look glamorous and polished, Forest Whittaker spent considerable time and money with the DP doing tests of the African-American cast because no one had really bothered to learn to light black actors.
| by Anonymous | reply 198 | May 3, 2016 8:35 PM |
That's correct, r198. Apparently lighting specifically for black actors is quite a recent art - as in the 1990s. Music videos led the way.
| by Anonymous | reply 199 | May 3, 2016 8:45 PM |
It's not like Naomie Harris and Gugu Mbatha-Raw have become superstars after picking up Lupita's rejects. Those roles were so forgettable. Smart girl, Lupita.
| by Anonymous | reply 200 | May 4, 2016 4:10 AM |
Do black men like women with such dark skin? It seems like all the black male celebs have light skinned black or white girlfriends/wives.
| by Anonymous | reply 201 | May 4, 2016 4:36 AM |
marvel is secretly reacquiring the x-men characters from fox, in a move similar to the sony/spider-man deal. after everything is resolved lupita will be announced as the new storm.
| by Anonymous | reply 202 | May 4, 2016 4:44 AM |
r201. It's a black American phenom where only light-skinned women are considered beautiful. Essentially they want a white woman so Beyonce and her blonde weaves, contacts and light makeup or half whites like Halle Berry are the kind of black women thought of as beautiful. Meanwhile, in Africa and the Caribbean, a dark-skinned girl has as much chance as a light-skinned girl. It's down to individual men's preferences which, naturally, vary.
| by Anonymous | reply 203 | May 4, 2016 5:00 AM |
R202 playing a superhero is no acting challenge. They're junk roles. If Lupita claims she is so interested in seriously pursuing her craft, why would she want to do a crap role in a dumb popcorn movie?
| by Anonymous | reply 204 | May 4, 2016 1:19 PM |
R198 is right, as is R199. I remember reading an article in a film magazine back in the day about the new studies of how to light darker complexions on film. The success in the music video format of people like TLC, Janet Jackson, D'Angelo, Notorious BIG, Whitney Houston, Lil' Kim, En Vogue, Toni Braxton, Missy Elliott, Erykah Badu, Tevin Campbell, DMX, Brandy, Jodeci, etc. led to the rise of these studies. Which is why if you look back at old Sidney Poitier films you can barely see his eyes in the shadows.
This article even had specifics where they had a four-page-long lineup of people - musical artists like the above and then a few others like Will Smith, Nia Long, Vivica A Fox, Taye Diggs, Angela Bassett, Denzel and Halle Berry - from lightest to darkest (I think Biggie was the darkest they had or maybe Angie Stone or Mos Def) and had info underneath all the pictures on which lighting rigs and post-production filters / colour correction was best for each complexion type, and how it would react to others in the same frame. I wish I could find it now because it was fascinating.
| by Anonymous | reply 205 | May 5, 2016 3:17 PM |
Just saw a Drive Time commercial featuring two dark-skinned black actors and a lighter skinned Hispanic looking actress. All you can see of the black actors is their white teeth and the white of their eyes.
| by Anonymous | reply 206 | May 5, 2016 4:18 PM |
Did she feud with Jennifer Lawrence during the year they were both nominated?
| by Anonymous | reply 208 | June 6, 2016 12:40 AM |
No. I like the girl playing Storm now. Lupita can't have that role. Besides, Fassbender is still Magneto.
| by Anonymous | reply 209 | June 6, 2016 12:51 AM |
R205
Please find that- sounds amazing.
Even in "CA:CW" Mackie looks like he is from deepest Congo. In photos he looks very different.
| by Anonymous | reply 210 | June 6, 2016 1:18 AM |
R202-
Are you fucking with us?
Introducing mutants, and establishing them as players in the MCU would be problematic this late in the game. Unlike this has been in the works for years (and the bad reviews and underperformance of the newest Xmen movie was a trigger for long discussed and legally binding contractural clauses) and plans for mutants (and Storm, specifically) to join the MCU have been worked into the movies (even as a contingency) then I call bullshit.
My inner fanboy weeps.
| by Anonymous | reply 211 | June 6, 2016 1:25 AM |
Was Lupita one of Fassy's brown-girl paramours?
| by Anonymous | reply 212 | June 6, 2016 10:39 PM |
Lupita's a lesbian isn't she?
| by Anonymous | reply 213 | June 6, 2016 10:41 PM |
Why do you say that r213?
| by Anonymous | reply 214 | June 7, 2016 1:48 AM |
[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 215 | June 13, 2016 3:40 AM |
In regards to the lighting of darker skin, Vox did a short video on color and photography a year or two back that I thought was interesting.
R205 yeah if you go back and watch In The Heat Of The Night, there are scenes where Sidney is just dripping with sweat because of all the lights they have blasted on him.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 216 | June 13, 2016 3:45 AM |
Speaking of lighting black people with dark skin, I noticed in one scene in the trailer for Free State of Jones Mahershala Ali (who has very dark skin) is lit so strongly McConaughey looks like he's dead.
| by Anonymous | reply 217 | June 13, 2016 4:40 AM |
The jealously and envy of this black woman is strong in this thread.
| by Anonymous | reply 218 | June 13, 2016 5:08 AM |
R216) Thanks for posting that video. I learned something other than the hating on this board.
| by Anonymous | reply 219 | June 13, 2016 7:37 AM |
DL Fave Lupita will be in Marvel's Black Panther! As it is directed by Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan too has a role.
| by Anonymous | reply 221 | August 1, 2016 5:56 PM |
[quote]Her career went nowhere fast.
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[quote][R47] - upthread at [R31], SOUTHPAW, CONCUSSION and FREE STATE OF JONES. Which means she has turned down the chance of being directed by Gary Ross, playing Will Smith's wife and being in a relatively well received Jake Gyllenhaal vehicle. Her loss was Naomi Harris' and Gugu Mbatha-Raw's gain and they are both beautiful and have years of pexperience each. I think Lupita was chasing the $$$ and holding out for a more substantial role in Star Wars which didn't eventuate. As it is her next live action part is a supporting role in an African film about an chess prodigy ... Hell. Even Gabourey Sidibe has managed to work pretty consistently with some reasonable directors and in things people actually see.
People criticizing her for refusing to take whatever crumbs Hollywood throws her way are ignoring the pattern of black actresses careers flatlining after the initial promise. Lupita is too smart for that and said she'd rather not work than take token parts. You should feel sorry for Naomi Harris and, especially, Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Being light-skinned isn't going to get her noticed like in the past.
| by Anonymous | reply 223 | February 24, 2018 10:58 AM |
Lupine: Currently appearing in Black Panther, which has grossed $387 million so far. In the last Star Wars movie. Oscar winner.
OP was and is a dumb cunt.
| by Anonymous | reply 224 | February 24, 2018 12:42 PM |
And better still, r224. She turned down stupid wife/girlfriend roles and Tyler Perry movies and didn't come off as desperate for roles. She knew what she was doing. All while having the good judgement to reject Harvey Weinstein, something few actresses in her position (at the beginning of their careers) would have been brave enough to do.
| by Anonymous | reply 225 | February 24, 2018 1:15 PM |
She's set to produce and star in three of her next projects. Including a comedy based on Trevor Noah's bio, 'Born a Crime'.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 226 | February 24, 2018 2:56 PM |
She comes off very well. Is she dating anyone?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 227 | February 25, 2018 4:38 PM |
If the rumours are true and she really managed to shag both Fassbender and Leto it's safe to say that she's a size queen.
| by Anonymous | reply 228 | February 25, 2018 5:06 PM |
She and Fassbender had tremendous chemistry in 12 Years not difficult to believe they may have fucked but she doesn't seem like that type of girl and the dynamic of their characters might be too fucked up to enjoy a nice roll in the hay.
But Jared on the other hand. . .
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 229 | February 25, 2018 5:50 PM |
r225 obviously Oprah told her to steer clear of Harvey.
| by Anonymous | reply 230 | February 25, 2018 5:51 PM |
How's her performance in Black Panther?
| by Anonymous | reply 231 | February 25, 2018 7:43 PM |
R225 She rejected Harvey because she was screwing De Niro. Before she met De Niro, she was a just a 30 year old with a few production assistant credits on d-list movies. You don't get the plum lead role in a high profile movie with no prior movie acting credits unless you suck the dick and De Niro is well-known for his fetish for black women.
| by Anonymous | reply 232 | February 25, 2018 9:14 PM |
Thank you, R232. This explains how a no-name 'actress' scores a Ralph Lauren couture gown for her first trip down the Red Carpet.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 233 | February 25, 2018 9:22 PM |
Why are there gay rumors about Lupita?
| by Anonymous | reply 234 | February 25, 2018 10:05 PM |
So she's fucking old white dudes or she's a lesbian. Which is it?
| by Anonymous | reply 236 | February 26, 2018 4:03 AM |
Fucking old white dudes for her carreer, being a lesbian in private R236.
| by Anonymous | reply 237 | February 26, 2018 12:50 PM |
So de niro as a thing for really dark skin women. I never got her appeal when she first came out and I still don't. She is cute but not hot.
| by Anonymous | reply 239 | February 26, 2018 1:11 PM |
r233,her appearance at the Golden Globes was not her first time down a red carpet. She was at that Golden Globes ceremony as a nominee for best supporting actress in a motion picture, making her Ralph Lauren gown pretty much par for the course. Hardly a "no-name actress" at that point. What a weird thing to get hung up on and then lie about.
| by Anonymous | reply 240 | February 26, 2018 1:20 PM |
r231, she looked really pretty in Black Panter and that movie rocked all around.
| by Anonymous | reply 241 | February 26, 2018 1:39 PM |
Lupita is okay in Black Panther but Danai Gurira and Letitia Wright have the more exciting characters.
| by Anonymous | reply 242 | February 26, 2018 1:45 PM |
LSA is obsessed with her.
| by Anonymous | reply 243 | February 26, 2018 2:02 PM |
Has Lupita been linked to any women?
| by Anonymous | reply 244 | February 27, 2018 12:17 AM |
R232 WTF is this De Niro bullshit? De Niro had nothing to do with 12 Years a Slave, her first major acting role. Try harder! Like checking her family background and seeing that she comes from a wealthy family.
And Jared Leto is a known pedophile who never touched a black woman, Lupita is too old for him. He was just using her during awards season. He got a huge following among black women thanks to that PR stunt.
| by Anonymous | reply 246 | February 27, 2018 12:34 AM |
