From the moment Lupi ta Nyong’o stepped on to the big screen over a decade ago in the drama 12 Years a Slave – a role that earned her an Academy Award – audiences have been fascinated by the Mexican-Kenyan actress.
Whether it’s her effervescent personality, her beauty or her ability to wrench emotions from viewers, there’s something distinctively charming about the star.
For director Chris Sanders, it was simply the warmth of her voice, which made her his number one pick to bring emotional depth to a robot in forthcoming animated family film The Wild Robot, which premiered at the San Sebastián Film Festival in Spain last week.
In the process of bringing Rozzum unit 7134 – aka Roz – to life, the actress not only lost her voice for three months, but also learned a few unexpected life lessons.
“I like the message that kindness is a force,” says Lupita, 41, who voices a sophisticated robot shipwrecked on an uninhabited island without human guidance. “I think kindness can be considered a vulnerability, but in this film, we really show how Roz’s journey shows it is a force – and it’s a force to reckon with.”
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Based on Peter Brown’s best-selling children’s book of the same name, the story explains how Roz has been programmed for modern city life, designed to help whoever buys her.
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AS 'THE DIPLOMAT RETURNS KERI RUSSELL
ON HAVING FUN WITH RUFUS SEWELL, MEETING THE U.S. AMBASSADOR AND BEING STRAPPED TO TOM CRUISE
FROM HIS CHALLENGING CHILDHOOD TO HOLLYWOOD'S HOT LIST BARRY KEOGHAN
ON BEING DRAWN TO STRONG WOMEN AND ENJOYING LIFE WITH HIS LITTLE BOY
AS 'THE SUBSTANCE' IS RELEASED MARGARET QUALLEY
ON MAKING THE LEAP FROM BALLET TO HOLLYWOOD
BUSY MUM-TO-BE AND DUTIFUL DAUGHTER PRINCESS BEATRICE
TEAMS UP WITH SISTER PRINCESS EUGENIE TO SUPPORT THEIR FATHER IN HIS EXILE FROM ROYAL LIFE
CHAMPIONING WOMEN'S HEALTH THE DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH
HONOURS 60 YEARS OF GROUNDBREAKING CHARITY
AS ONE DIRECTION REUNITE TO BID FAREWELL TO FORMER BANDMATE LIAM PAYNE
HUGS AND TEARS AS MOURNING FRIENDS AND FAMILY SAY GOODBYE
CELEBRATING HER GAME-CHANGING NEW CONCEALER VICTORIA'S SECRETS
THE DESIGNER SHARES HER TOP SKINCARE TIPS AND REVEALS WHICH PRODUCTS HARPER LOVES TO STEAL
CHANNELLING MARY POPPINS TO CHAMPION LITERACY THE QUEEN
JOINS CELEBRITIES AND BEST-SELLING AUTHORS TO APPLAUD YOUNG WRITERS' 'ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT WORK'
CONTINUING A FESTIVE TRADITION - WITH A TINY NEW TREAT TO DELIGHT VISITORS WINDSOR CASTLE AT CHRISTMAS
STAFF DECK THE HALLS - AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE ROYAL DOLLS' HOUSE
SNAPPING UP RECORD-BREAKING £60M MANSION IN MIAMI THE BECKHAMS
WE GO INSIDE THEIR BILLION-DOLLAR LIFESTYLE AS THE FAMILY PREPARE TO EXPAND THEIR BRAND