The Institute Grant victor said she tracked down cats "dubious" before chipping away at the blood and gore flick. The Foundation Grant champ plays Samira in a blood and gore flick that sees her joined by her feline, Frodo, as outsiders attack Earth and take over New York City. "I've been frightened by felines my whole life," Nyong'o said of how she felt before the film in a meeting with "CBS Mornings" on Tuesday. "I wouldn't be in that frame of mind with a feline, I would cry ... I just thought that they are dubious, you know? They're similar to little lions, and like, in the event that they were any greater, they would eat us." Nyong'o added that she asked chief Michael Sarnoski to think about an alternate creature for the part, similar to an armadillo. She continued to uncover that she did openness treatment, where somebody carried felines to her home and delivered them in her presence as she remained on the opposite side o...