Beyoncé. Beyoncé. Beyoncé.
Disney released the first cast photo for its highly-anticipated remake of Lion King. While the photo marks the first time the entire cast, excluding James Earl Jones, has been photographed together, the only thing people could talk about was Queen Bey.
Effortlessly slaying in black, matching her cast-mates, Beyonce’s presence in the picture is almost tangible as she’s both literally and figuratively at the center of the star-studded photo. The only way to describe it, as Vulture so eloquently put it, is to state the obvious: On one side of Queen Bey “is Donald Glover, Florence Kasumba, JD McCrary, Seth Rogen, Shahadi Wright Joseph, and Billy Eichner. On the other side of Beyoncé is Alfre Woodard, Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Oliver, Keegan Michael Key, and Eric André.”
As fans know, Bey stars in Lion King as Nahla. The role of the lioness was reportedly expanded after Bey was cast as the Queen of the jungle. The 37-year-old singer opened about her excitement for the film’s release while at her mother Tina Knowles Lawson’s third annual Wearable Art Gala last month. “I’m so excited for my kids to see it, but it means even more to share this experience and this culture of The Lion King with my mother and my family,” she shared.
Lion King arrives in Australian cinemas July 19.
someone said “Beyonce probably took her own photo & had Blue send it to Disney with the caption (Edit in the Middle) “ I am DEAD BRO! 😂💀 https://t.co/nHnECv4B0c
— PAPI CHULO (@princetonperez) 9 July 2019
John Oliver’s internal monologue is like OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD IS THAT BEYONCÉ OH MY GOD IT’S REALLY HER HOW IS SHE REAL OH MY GOD JOHN ACT NATURAL DON’T STARE AT HER pic.twitter.com/FCLZIIDBqo
— just say they (@indiosyncratic) 8 July 2019
John Oliver’s internal monologue is like OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD IS THAT BEYONCÉ OH MY GOD IT’S REALLY HER HOW IS SHE REAL OH MY GOD JOHN ACT NATURAL DON’T STARE AT HER pic.twitter.com/FCLZIIDBqo
— just say they (@indiosyncratic) 8 July 2019
I’m thrilled to be a part of this cast and to be in a picture with Beyoncé. #TheLionKing is coming! pic.twitter.com/jUuyQ6YtV7
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) 8 July 2019
My favourite thing about the #LionKing cast picture is how John Oliver is exploding on the inside for being sat that close to Beyoncé. pic.twitter.com/qc1hDGFjdk
— Zara Jones 🏳️🌈 (@ZaraIsEarly) 9 July 2019
OK, @beyonce, there are going to be other #LionKing cast members with you, so try not to hog the limelight.
Beyonce: pic.twitter.com/prsBPrIxYU
— Hits at Breakfast with Dan Morrissey (@hitsatbreakfast) 9 July 2019
Locals: “Don’t make The Lion King about Beyoncé”
The Cast: https://t.co/vJ3bb8Mv9X
— Nalá (@boricuabeyhivee) 8 July 2019
*Beyonce and the cast of the Lion King…there, I fixed it. https://t.co/Yu4Mf6K8Qf
— Frances 🌻 (@FrancesZenobia_) 8 July 2019
Article: Peyton Blakemore
