By the sounds of it, Blue Ivy Carter is a Lion King fan and at a recent premiere for the films newest version she couldnt help narrating the storyline to Donald Glovers son.
The Childish Gambino star took two-year-old Legend – who he has with partner Michelle White – to the premiere of his latest film, in which he voices Simba, and the youngster was very interested in what Beyonce and Jay-Zs seven-year-old daughter had to say about the film.
Donald – who stars opposite Beyonce as Nala in the movie – said of Legend: He was so done, but he met [Blue Ivy], she was behind us. So, [Blue Ivy] was narrating the movie.
[Blue Ivy] was like, “Scar, hes lying,” the This Is America star continues. And my son was like, “What? Who is that?”
She knew the movie already, it was awesome.
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Co-star Seth Rogen added: She was. I heard her the whole time.
And Seth was particularly taken by the fact that Blue Ivy initially thought the animals in the film were really speaking.
He told Entertainment Tonight: And then, very early in the movie I heard her just go, “Are they talking?” I think she thought they were real animals… She thought it was real. “Oh my God, they got these animals to talk!” Disney is a powerful company.
But it wasnt just Blue Ivy whose reaction Seth was looking at.
He said: Seeing it with an audience full of people, you can definitely feel the audiences experience of it and I think thats more where my brain goes. Like, “Are they enjoying this? Does this seem to be working?”
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And yeah, it was very…it was amazing to again see that people seem to be really enjoying it.
Director Jon Favreau was particularly interested in what the younger audience members thought.
He said: It was also the first time getting to see it with young kids. Like, “Oh wow!” Even [with] the original Lion King people thiRead More – Source
