Tiffany Boone on the Pressure of Telling a New Part of 'The Lion King' With 'Mufasa' | THR Video - video Dailymotion

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Tiffany Boone describes the pressure the cast felt telling a new part of 'The Lion King' story while chatting with THR at the 'Mufasa' premiere. Plus, she shares what fans will learn about her character, Sarabi.

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00:00Stepping into this film, 30 years after the original,

00:04what was that like for you?

00:05Especially, you have such a powerful character.

00:08And I feel like, stepping into those shoes,

00:10what was that like for you?

00:11A lot of pressure.

00:12You know, I'm a fan of the original,

00:14it meant a lot to me, so I think we all wanna do justice,

00:17telling this new part of the story.

00:19But it's also like, Barry Jenkins

00:21is such an incredible director,

00:23that anytime we got in the booth with him,

00:24he's like, check all that off,

00:25just have fun and explore, and that's what I hope we did.

00:28And so, Robbie is a queen.

00:30So, how did you tap into,

00:31how did you tell the story of her queendom,

00:34that we may not have really got to see in the OG film?

00:37Yeah, I feel like we didn't get to know a lot about her

00:39in the original, right?

00:40We just know she's like, perfect,

00:42and she's the perfect mother, and perfect wife,

00:45and this queen of the Pride Lands.

00:46But in this, we get to find out who she was before that,

00:49and what's the journey that got her to that point.

00:52So, it's fun to explore that.

00:54And what did you learn about her,

00:56that you want audiences to take away?

00:58I learned that she is feisty.

01:01That's a feisty lady right there.

01:03But she's also really sweet and vulnerable.

01:06How did she kind of help her husband, Mufasa,

01:09as well as her son, Simba,

01:11along their journeys to kingship?

01:13Yeah, well, I think behind every great man

01:16is a even better woman, right?

01:18And I think that's true with Sir Robbie.

01:20I think she is a supporter.

01:22I think she is honest with them.

01:25And I think she is loving.

01:27Yeah.

01:28And we go through three generations, right?

01:30So, she's the queen, of course,

01:32but there's Mufasa, there's Simba, and now there's Kiara.

01:36So, how does her wisdom kind of transcend

01:39through those three generations?

01:41Yeah, that's a great question.

01:42I feel like you can see her love

01:44pass down through the generations.

01:46I think, hey, Simba is a great father.

01:50We get to see him as.

01:51And I think the love of a mother

01:54teaches you how to be a great parent, right?

01:56So, I think that's part of it.

01:58My last question for you is,

01:59what do you want audiences to take away from this film?

02:03I really, most of all, just want people to have fun.

02:05I want them to revisit these characters

02:08they love for 30 years

02:09and see a different side of them and enjoy themselves.

02:12And wait, one more question.

02:13We're asking everyone,

02:14what was their favorite film of 2024?

02:16Challengers.

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