The Lion King director defends casting Beyoncé's daughter as her onscreen lion cub Kiara in the Disney movie while speaking with Yahoo UK.

Blue Ivy Carter walked the red carpet with her family on Monday for her feature film debut in the new Disney film "Mufasa: The Lion King." Twelve-year-old Blue Ivy will voice the role of Princess ...

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter is the number one pop star in the world, at least according to Billboard. But when she’s not creating art for her fans, Beyoncé is a mom of three. She and her husband, rapper Jay-Z, share 12-year-old Blue Ivy and 7-year-old twins Rumi and Sir Carter.

Yes, Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner share scenes with Blue Ivy Carter in Mufasa: The Lion King. And no, the two comedians didn’t meet their costar in the voiceover booth. “We’ve never met,” Rogen, 42, tells PEOPLE. Although “all of our scenes are with Blue Ivy,” he adds, the 12-year-old actor-musician “was not invited to our recording sessions.”

Blue Ivy Carter attends the Los Angeles premiere of Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” at Dolby Theatre on December 09, 2024 in Hollywood. FilmMagic Blue Ivy, who voices lion cub Kiara in the ...

Beyoncé celebrated her daughter Blue Ivy Carter’s Hollywood milestone Monday night (December 9) at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, where the 12-year-old made her debut in Mufasa: The Lion King. The pop icon, who reprises her role as Nala in the film, took to Instagram to express her pride after the premiere.

Mufasa: The Lion King director Barry Jenkins has unbelievably claimed Beyoncé and Jay-Z were not 'involved' in their daughter Blue Ivy Carter getting a role in his movie. The new film is a ...

"Mufasa" director Barry Jenkins said Blue Ivy Carter's superstar parents were not involved in their daughter landing a role in the movie.

North West is the one of the lates celebrity kidfluencers and a rising star for 2025, at just 11. London Entertainment/SplashNews / SplashNews.com Blue Ivy Carter ...

Before Beyoncé takes the stage with a halftime performance at the Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens game on Christmas Day, the Grammy winner poked fun at the game's streamer Netflix.

The Lion King, another addition to the Carter family joined the cast, with the Grammy winner’s daughter Blue Ivy cast as Simba and Nala’s daughter Kiara. As the nepo baby debate continues to surge when news surfaces of kids working with their famous parents,

NEW YORK — When Aaron Pierre was cast as Mufasa, the weight of following in the late James Earl Jones' legendary footsteps was enough to rattle any actor. But instead of letting the pressure roar too loudly, he harnessed his nerves to breathe fresh life into his young lion character.