Lupita Nyong’o has been making the rounds to promote Us, which is Jordan Peele’s follow-up to the wildly successful Get Out. Us is straight-up horror, and Lupita has been having fun promoting it thus far. When she was in Austin for SXSW last week, she did a strange look that involved foil in her hair and colored contacts. She’s been wearing red and yellow contacts to a few different events, and then last night, she used the yellow contacts for her appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
My general feeling is that Lupita is having fun with it and she likes blending some “horror” styles into her promotional tour. But I also feel like… can we not?? Those yellow contacts are freaky. And as freaky as the contacts are in photos, they’re even crazier in motion. Here’s the interview with Colbert – he was totally freaked out too! Lupita also spills some details about Us, details which I haven’t heard but I don’t think they’re really spoilers. I mean, we’ve seen the trailer – we know the doppelgangers exist. Lupita is otherwise charming here!
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
I own a pair of those and love them and she is rocking it so hard! <3
Are they thicker than regular contacts?
Usually they are. I once got green contacts when buying regular ones and I ended up throwing them away, I could not get used to additional layers in my eyes.
Lol I love how much fun she’s having.
What a great sense of whimsy she has…I love it…even if it is kind of nightmarish.
This movie looks terrifying and I must see it! LOL
She is absolutely gorgeous , but those contacts are not great.
No need to mess with perfection..
I don’t like them on her at all.
She is stunning though,
This movie looks so good. After Get Out, I’ll watch anything of Jordan Peele’s.
Did y’all see the red contacts she wore to the premiere? So cool. I am going to see Us this weekend!
She seems like shes a lot of fun to hang out with, she dresses up for comic-con, she is a straight up serious actor but seems like a really fun person. I think I’d like to see her in a Judd Apatow or better yet Amy Poehler comedy 😀
Poor Stephen was so freaked out, I didn’t think he would be able to finish the interview. It was hilarious. I love Luptia when she is in promotion mode. Always a treat to watch her interviews.
My guy had these and wore them back when he was in his 20s and early 30s…when we had our first real date…20 years ago…he had them on…and I was like…
“Freaky…I’ma LIKE you…”
I was right….
I have red contacts that I wore for Halloween. I popped them in after work one day and was sitting in our kitchen. My husband walked in like, “Hey what do you want to do ton….AHHHHHHHHHH”
I go to a huge Halloween party every year and prescription colored lenses are almost always part of my costume. I’ve won a costume award 9 out of 10 years! I even won when I was pregnant. Lol
I have yellow contacts with a slit iris -works for all the cats, dragon, alien, etc. It freaks people out though.
Can someone i.d those earrings? They’re lovely!
love it <3