Blue Ivy, the daughter of Jay-Z and Beyoncé, is getting a lot of positive press ahead of her part as Kiara in Mufasa: The Lion King.
In an August 12 interview with ET, the film’s director Barry Jenkins discussed his decision to cast the 12-year-old in the lead role and expressed his pride in her work.
He praised her for “wonderfully bringing this character Kiara to life.” “I’m incredibly proud of her and the work that she accomplished. I had an epiphany that this was the person who would play this role as we were brainstorming. She has the perfect mood and age. Let’s give it a try. She was simply amazing.
“She is a thespian. [The casting process] had nothing to do with her parents; she was the right young woman for the job,” he stated. “There are some things she does in this film that are really emotional.”
The casting of Blue Ivy as Samba and Nala’s offspring was announced back in April. The new movie is a prequel and a sequel to the 2019 Lion King remake, which is based on the 1994 original film. Along with Donald Glover, Seth Rogan, Billy Eichner, and other former cast members, Beyoncé will be reprising her role as Nala.
The film will examine Mufasa’s genesis tale and his early years with his brother Scar, with music composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
On December 20, Mufasa: The Lion King opens in theaters.
Jay-Z disclosed that he and Beyoncé had not originally planned to name their daughter “Blue Ivy” during an interview with Gayle King on CBS Mornings last autumn.
The rapper claimed, “She was meant to be Brooklyn,” probably alluding to the fact that Hov was born and reared in that neighborhood of New York.
In theory, that was the name we had. However, as you can see from the sonograms, we were referring to the extremely small fetus as a blueberry. As in, “Observe the tiny blueberry!” It resembled a moniker. We were like, “Look at the little blueberry,” for nine months. Thus, it seemed only logical that we would call her Blue after removing the “berry.”
Beyoncé and Hov’s first child is named Blue Ivy. She was born in 2012, and five years later, her twin siblings Sir and Rumi, make her a big sister today.
