(exclusive) Mufasa director says Blue Ivy doesn’t sing in the movie: ‘She is a thespian!’

“Blue Ivy doesn’t sing in the movie. She is a thespian! I gotta be honest about that.

She is a thespian,” Jenkins told EW in an interview conducted out of Disney’s D23fan event in Anaheim, Calif., over the weekend.

Jenkins heard Blue Ivy read the audiobook recording of Matthew Cherry’s short-film-turned-illustrated-book Hair Love.

“Starting this project and just having that in the ether, I was like, ‘Is it worth a shot? Would Blue Ivy want to do it? Would Beyoncé want to act opposite her daughter? Is it too close to home?'”

Jenkins recalled at the time. “But once we put the question to them, they both responded with enthusiasm.”