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Beyoncé gets emotional in the recording booth after watching her daughter, Blue Ivy, perform her lines in new behind-the-scenes footage from Mufasa: The Lion King (via Good Morning America).
Both mother and daughter voice characters in Barry Jenkins’ upcoming Lion King prequel, which tells the origin story of Simba’s father Mufasa. In the film, Mufasa’s tale is told via flashback, with the mandrill Rafiki sharing the story with Simba and Nala’s daughter, Kiara. Blue Ivy voices Kiara, while Beyoncé voices Nala (and Donald Glover rounds out the family as Simba).
“Seeing Blue as Kiara and hearing her voice come out of that character,” Beyoncé says in the clip, a bit too elated to finish the thought. The camera then cuts to her in the booth, laughing and wiping a tear away as she says, “Give me a second because I still… I can’t believe that’s my baby.”
Later, she adds, “It was really hard to focus and do my job after that. So I was like, ‘Wait, hold up, guys, you gotta give me a second, I have to digest that!’ I’m so proud of her.”
Blue Ivy also speaks about her feature film debut in the clip, saying, “Everybody that’s a part of this is so helpful and supportive. The director, Barry, is a really sweet person and he tells me ways that I can improve in my lines. And he’s very supportive of me and tells me in the nicest way possible, and I feel like so does everybody else.”
She adds: “This is just a great experience for me and I’m really happy for girls that look like me, all around the world, to watch this movie and hear and see themselves in it.”
Mufasa is set to open next Friday, Dec. 20. Along with Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, and Glover, the cast features Aaron Pierre as Mufasa, Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Taka, John Kani as Rafiki, and Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen as the famous warthog and meerkat pair, Timon and Pumbaa. Other cast members include Mads Mikkelsen, Tiffany Boone, and Thandiwe Newton, while Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote several new songs for the film.
