Black Is King Breakout Star shares what is like to work on major film

Black Is King Breakout Star shares what is like to work on major film

BEYONCE.AND TONIGHT -- WE'RE INTRODUCINGYOU TO ONE OF ITSBIGGEST BREAKOUT STARS.23ABCS LEZLA GOODEN CAUGHT UPWITH THE YOUNG ACTORWHO PLAYS THE ROLE OF SIMBA INTHE MOVIE.YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY WATCHEDBLACK IS KING -- ITPREMIERED A LITTLE MORE THAN TWOWEEKS AGO... AND IF YOUDID WATCH YOU SAW A LOT OF THISYOUNG STAR.I WAS ABLE TO EXCLUSIVELY CATCHUP WITH HIM TO TALKABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE WORKING ONTHE MOVIE.BEYONCES MUSICAL FILM BLACK ISKINGFIRST PREMIERED EXCLUSIVELY ONDISNEY PLUS BACK ON JULY 31.

ITGAINED ALOT OF ATTENTION AND PRAISE FORITS VISUAL STORYTELLING.

OFBLACK BEAUTY..

AND ONE OF THEPEOPLE THAT HELPED TELL THATSTORY IS SEVENYEAR OLDFALLAH-JOMI-AKU-MER-REL-I..TODAY I WAS ABLE TO CATCH UPWITH ANDHEAR ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCEWORKING ON THE MOVIE..BLACK IS KING..

A VISUAL ALBUMFILM BY BEYONCE BASED OFF OFTHE SOUNDTRACK THE LION KING:THE GIFT TELLS THE STORY OFYOUNG SIMBA WHO IS PLAYED BYSEVEN FALLAH-JOMI-AKU-MER-REL-I SLASH FJ- WHO IS FORCEDOUT OF HIS HOME AND HEADS ON ASELF DISCOVERY ADVENTURE.IT WAS JUST REALLY COOL TO MEETALLTHE KIDS AND OH YEAH OF COURSE..THE LA NATIVE IS FEATUREDTHROUGHOUT THE FILM SHOWCASINGHIS DANCING AND ACTINGSKILLS..APPEARING ALONGSIDEBEYONCE AND JAYZFJ SAYS FILMING TOOK A YEAR --AND TOOK HIM TO SOUTH AFRICA.HIS FAVORITE MOMENT?

TOO HARD TODECIDE.EITHER WALKING DOWN THE BEACHWITH BEYONCE OR RAPPING MOODFOREVER..

AND FLYING!WHY WERE THOSE YOUR FAVORITIES?IT WAS COOL TO DO AND TO BESELECTED.HE EVEN SHOWED US SOME QUICKDANCE MOVES!( NAT POP)F-J WAS FIRST SEEN DURINGBEYONCE'S 2019 MUSIC VIDEOSPIRT..

(NAT POP) FJ SAYS HE WASAT FIRST DISAPPOINTEDTHAT THE MOVE PREMIERED DURING APANDEMIC..

BUTSHARES THERE WAS A BRIGHT SIDE.IT WAS STILL AMAZING BECAUSEEVERYONEWAS STILL NOT OUT BUT INSIDE THEHOUSE..

AND MOST PEOPLE WERE ONTHEIR TV ANYWAY TO GETNOTIFICATIONS AND ITS MOREBETTER TO DO IT WILL EVERYONECOULD BE OUTSIDE BUT ITS COOLERTO DO IT INSIDE.

WHEN NOTAPPEARING IN MAJOR FILMS THENIGERIAN STAR LOVES TO PLAYINGBASKETBALL, READ AND SPENDINGTIME WITH HIS YOUNGER SISTER ANDMOM..

FJ SAYS ONE DAY HE HOPESTO BECOME EITHER A BUSINESS MAN,BASKETBALL PLAYER, OR ACTOR..BUT WHATEVER HE ENDS UP DOINGHIS MOMS SAYS HIS WORK ETHICAND TALENT WILL SHINE THROUGH..(NAT POPAND SHE SAYS BLACK IS KING WILLFOREVER HAVE A LASTINGIMPACT.IT WAS HUGE THIS VISUAL ALBUMREALLYTELLS A STORY AND FOR IT TO COMEOUT AT SUCH TIME AS THIS IT WASTHE RIGHTTIME AND I THINK THE MOVIEALLOWS THIS GENERATION AND THEONES TO COME THATWE ALL CAN BE KINGS AND QUEENS.NOW ALTHOUGH WE COULDN'T SHOWYOU EVERY CLIP OF FJ IN THE FILMAND THEREIS A LOT YOU CAN WATCH THE FULLFILM ON DISNEY + .

FOR NOW INBAKERSFIELDLEZLA GOODEN 23ABC NEWS.COMING UP ON 23ABC NEWS AT 11 --THE LAKE FIRE CONTINUES TO