Ottawa woman's pizza box-folding skills make cameo in Oscar-winner Parasite

Breanna Gray still can't believe the pizza box-folding abilities she honed as a teenager are now part of movie history.

The Korean hit Parasite, winner of four Academy Awards including best director and best picture on Sunday, usespart of a YouTube video Gray's brother shot of herslinging pies when she was19.

The 50-second videoshows Grayfolding Gabriel Pizza boxes faster than a hungry person can ordera pepperoni, mushroom and onion pizza with extra cheese.

Now a 30-year-oldmother,Gray estimates she can still fold a boxin about threeseconds.

Thevideowasfirst postedin 2015, a few years after her brother filmed it. As soon as it went online,Reddit boosted views. It's now been streamed more than 1.4 million times.

"It's just nuts," Gray said by phone at her house in Cobden, Ont., Tuesday.

Watch Breanna Gray's viral video:

Producers of Parasite approached Graya few months before the movie's premiereto see if she would license the video to them.

Gray agreed and saidproducers paid her for it. She didn't want to say how much.

"They were good about it," was all Gray said on the subject of money.

In Parasite, the main protagonists watch Gray's video to hone their own box-making skills.

"They gave me a very basic understanding of how it would be used in the movie," she said. "I had no idea it was going to be a big movie."

Watch Gray's videoin Parasite:

It wasn't until she read about Parasitewinning the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in MaythatGray said she realized it might be a hit.

"Then boom, it's winning the best Oscar you can. It's crazy."

The South Korean thriller is the first film in a language other than English to win best picture.

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While Gray has seen her clip in Parasite, she stillhasn't seen the rest of the film.

"That's on our to-do list tonight," she said.