Lupita Nyong'o discusses her Scream Queen status

The 41-year-old Oscar-winning star has enjoyed lead roles in the zombie film Little Monsters, the psychological horror film Us, and the alien invasion film A Quiet Place: Day One and has explained she gets a kick out of making creepy content. The Hollywood Reporter quotes her telling an audience at the London Film Festival on Monday, "I really much prefer doing the scaring than being the scared." Discussing her scary film roles, she went on, "It's not so much that I go seeking…”