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Lupita Nyong'o Reveals She Was 'Terrified' Of Cats Before 'A Quiet Place: Day One'
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The Academy Award winner said she found felines "suspicious" prior to working on the horror movie.
Lupita Nyong’o is crediting her work on “A Quiet Place: Day One” for silencing her fear of cats.
The Academy Award winner plays Samira in a horror movie that sees her accompanied by her cat Frodo as aliens invade Earth and take over New York City.
“I’ve been terrified of cats my entire life,” explained Nyong’o of how she felt before the movie in an interview with “CBS Mornings” on Tuesday.
“I wouldn’t be in a room with a cat, I would cry ... I just found them suspicious, you know, they’re like little lions, like, if they were any bigger they would eat us.”
Nyong’o added that she begged director Michael Sarnoski to consider a different animal for the part like an armadillo.