Beyonce, JAY-Z, Sir, Rumi and Blue Ivy.Photo: Beyoncé/instagram
In a sitdown withVulture, the cast of the Disney+ reboot opened up about what it was like to haveBeyoncé’s familytake on the characters this past Halloween.
Jo Marie Payton, who voices Suga Mama in both the original series andThe Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, revealed she reached out to the mom of three after the family’s spot-on recreation.
“I sent Bey a message, her and her family. I was blown away,” she raved. “I immediately, the minute I found out about it, said let me hit her up … I thought it was just super fabulous.”
Kyla Pratt, who voices Penny Proud in both series, said she predicted the possibility after learning about Beyoncé’s twins years ago.
“It’s crazy because I actually reposted it and when you slide over, I posted back in 2017 — like as soon as I found out that Beyoncé was having a boy and a girl twins, I posted ‘this is Beyoncé’s family in a couple of years,’ " she shared. “So I did a little time stamp like, ‘I be knowing!'”
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Paula Jai Parker, who voices Trudy Proud, noted the “acting” on Beyoncé’s part as Suga Mama, saying it was “such a stretch and it showed her her range.”
“For her to take that stretch was beautiful.”
The “Break My Soul” singer first showed off her family’s costume onInstagramearly last month. The superstar (as part of Destiny’s Child) and sister Solange sang the theme song to the original Disney series.
“Family every single day and night,” Beyoncé captioned the photo, quoting the track.
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Last but not least wasBlue Ivy, 10, who wore her hair in pigtails and looked off to the side as she posed as Penny Proud.
The Proud Familywas highly praised for being one of the first animated series during the early 2000s to revolve around an African-American family.
source: people.com
