A weird byproduct of the attention that’s come with the success of her new Netflix show “Locke & Key” is that Laysla De Oliveira has been getting sent lots of choking memes.
“Because there’s a scene where I choke someone,” the 28-year-old says from the lobby of the Freehand hotel in New York, where she’s staying for a brief work trip following the show’s release. “So I get a lot of choking memes, which is hilarious.”
Luckily there have been some other, more family-friendly interactions as well.
“I just started to get recognized, which is interesting,” she continues. “Actually, on the plane over here, I was rereading the comics just to freshen up. Somebody leaned over and we were chatting and he said, ‘Oh, they just did a great show on Netflix. ‘Locke & Key,’ it’s a really great show.’ And then he kept staring and started to realize and I was like, ‘It’s me!’”
“Because there’s a scene where I choke someone,” the 28-year-old says from the lobby of the Freehand hotel in New York, where she’s staying for a brief work trip following the show’s release. “So I get a lot of choking memes, which is hilarious.”
Luckily there have been some other, more family-friendly interactions as well.
“I just started to get recognized, which is interesting,” she continues. “Actually, on the plane over here, I was rereading the comics just to freshen up. Somebody leaned over and we were chatting and he said, ‘Oh, they just did a great show on Netflix. ‘Locke & Key,’ it’s a really great show.’ And then he kept staring and started to realize and I was like, ‘It’s me!’”
Laysla De Oliveira
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The comic show, which premiered in February, follows the “Locke & Key” comic and tells the story of a family who, after having to move to Massachusetts following the death of the father, discovers a series of magical keys throughout his family home they’re now inhabiting
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