Beyoncé & Jay-Z Didn’t Help Blue Ivy Land Her ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ Role, Director Says

Beyoncé & Jay-Z Didn’t Help Blue Ivy Land Her ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ Role, Director Says

Blue Ivy Carter, 12, is booked and busy, not just because of her parents.

While at the “Mufasa: The Lion King L.A.” premiere on Monday, December 9, director Barry Jenkins, 45, revealed that while it’s easy to assume the pre-teen got her role in the film because of Beyoncé and Jay-Z, that’s not entirely the case.

“Her parents weren’t involved in her booking this film,” he told People.

“You know, she had read this book, this audiobook Hair Love, with my friend Matthew Cherry. And I just really loved her voice. Because [when] this movie begins, it’s all voices. I could just tell that she was going to bring this really wonderful innocence, but also the knowingness of a highly evolved child,” he explained.

Mufasa: The Lion King comes out in theaters on December 20. Will you be going to see this movie?