According to a UK website, Daily Mail, Lupita is a real a diva who completely overshadowed her co-stars at the Broadway-bound play Eclipsed with her backstage antics
Theater actresses Pascale Armand, Akosua Busia, Zainab Jah, and Saycon Sengbloh were all initially excited to work with Hollywood’s breakout star, but now the four women can barely stand to share the stage with her, the website reported.
Apparently the Kenyan actress has been taking advantage of the fact that the executive producer of the play, Stephen C. Byrd, went out of his way to ensure that she was cast in the show.
‘Stephen paid her top-dollar to be in this production. He’s head over heels to have her in the show and has made it clear to everyone, whatever Lupita wants, she gets. He’s assured her that this is her show and he’ll move mountains to please her,’ a source apparently told Daily Mail Online, before adding: ‘And she’s milking that!’
‘She declined all invitations to go out to lunch with her cast members and keeps to herself in the shared dressing room quarters while the ladies went out.
‘She even tried to get her own separate dressing room at The Public Theater, but the venue didn’t have the space for it,’ the source explained.
‘If Stephen could have done it, he would’ve. I’m surprised he didn’t get a trailer for her like she was on a film set outside the venue.’
Sold out: Eclipsed debuted October 15th at The Public. But because the soiree was held in the intimate venue, the cast was told they were not allowed to bring family and friends due to limited space.
‘That didn’t stop Lupita! She had a full entourage trailing her every move.
Her co-stars were offended because they couldn’t share the moment with their loved ones and Lupita had enough people to start an NBA team,’ the source said.
Though the 12 Years a Slave star comes across as Hollywood’s darling and America’s sweetheart in public, her Eclipsed co-stars feel she’s an ‘ice princess’ and a ‘manipulative b****’ behind the scenes.
‘She’s so good at playing the ‘damsel in distress’ role that many people think she’s really an ingénue but her backstage behavior only exacerbates the fact that she’s an ice, cold, untouchable diva.’
SOURCE: Daily Mail
