‘My Workday Would Be Over’: A Quiet Place Day: One’s Lupita Nyong’o Explains How Her Pizza Allergy Affected The Horror Spinoff
The horror genre’s renaissance is showing no sign of slowing down, to the joy of fans. And while the best horror movies have returned to theaters with new sequels, original concepts like A Quiet Place (which is streaming with a Paramount+ subscription) have also done well. A prequel titled Day One is in theaters now, and star Lupita Nyong’o explained to CinemaBlend how her pizza allergy affected the horror spinoff, being quoted saying “my workday would be over.”
One might learn from reading an A Quiet Place: Day One review, there is a big plot point in the New York City-based movie about protagonist Sam wanting to get a slice of pizza, with the audience eventually learning why it’s so important to her. As shown in the video above, I had the chance to speak with the cast and director Michael Sarnoski about the movie, where I asked about how much pizza talk was happening on set. Despite her character, Nyong’o couldn’t get in on any pizza days, as she told me: