Name: Lupita Nyong’o - “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” and Writing “Sulwe” | The Daily Show
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To-infinitive

-Good to be here. -And let's start by saying

congratulations on all of your nominations.

And then I realize, no, you've gotten nominated

Are you a little bit worried that when you go

to accept your award, you are gonna kidnap you

and then go accept the award on your behalf?

Like a tiny... Like, how do we know it's...

-Do you ever think of that? -All the time.

-Thank you for having me. -Um, let's start off

-Yeah. -And, uh, you're coming back again.

These are the most secretive movies, though.

Like, the trailer doesn't give anything away.

-Mm-hmm. -They don't let you tell us anything.

It works very... yeah, 'cause the movies are amazing,

but then, like, you can't... you can't tell me anyth...

Like, normally, I can ask you, like, what happens in the story?

And I could be like, will this happen or that hap...?

I can't see it. Like, nobody knows what's gonna happen.

Okay, one question. Maybe you can tell us.

-What's Baby Yoda like? Is he...? -(laughter)

Is he in... is he in... is he in the movie?

They give you just what you need to know.

-I can't wait. -Is it because they want you

-They're that hard-pressed for cash. -Yeah.

Yeah, Disney is just hard-core. They're like, "No, Lupita,

You're an Oscar-winning actor, but at the same time,

Was that something you thought about when you were growing up?

It never occurred to me, I have to admit.

but I didn't know that it was a-a cultural phenomenon.

-Right. -You know, I just liked, like, C3PO.

-It just come on on public holidays, you know? -Right.

-And then I got cast... -Wait, wait, wait.

-Sorry. Yes, in Kenya. -Wait. So in Kenya,

-Uh-huh. -Star Wars is the public holiday movie?

Yeah, it would come on on the public holidays. Yeah.

No, 'cause, like, most countries will play, like,

those old black and white films where it's just, like,

-someone saving Christmas or something. -Yeah.

And you guys are like, "No, we are doing Star Wars."

Yeah, so I really liked-- I liked the movie

-but I didn't know what it was all about. -Right.

And then I got cast in Star Wars and my brother cried.

-is pervasive in all popular culture, -It is.

'cause one of questions was like, "Oh, you're Darth Vader."

about me being a part of it, and I was like,

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