From the
creators of the "Ice Age" and "Rio" series,
"Epic" follows a teenager MK (voiced by Amanda Seyfried) who is
transported into a secret forest world then embroiled in a battle between good
and evil and has to protect a special flower pod to save the forest where Queen
Tara (Beyonce) reigns protected by the Leafmen.
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| Photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox |
“Epic’s” world,
which unites the familiar and the fantastic, is a forest unlike any we’ve seen
before: tiny seeds look like boulders; rocks are the size of spiky mountains;
flowers are gigantic and complex; and a butterfly is a nothing short of a
flying tapestry.
Beyonce loved
voicing Queen Tara in the new children's movie "Epic" — at least once
she stopped crying. Queen B has gone from pop royalty to screen royalty,
becoming the forest queen in an animated movie that she hopes her 15-month-old
daughter Blue Ivy will be proud of one day.
The film was her
first work since giving birth and she says her hormones were raging. "I
literally had tears when I played the voice," Beyonce told The Associated
Press in an interview between concerts in London. "There was a scene where
Queen Tara picks out her pod and I just imagined seeing my child."
This role in
"Epic" is not the superstar's only brush with royalty of late. Her
recent concert in London on her "Mrs. Carter Show" world tour, the
singer inadvertently singled out Princess Eugenie in the crowd to sing with
her. The 23-year-old is sixth in line for the British throne. Beyonce giggled
as she revealed that she had no idea who Eugenie was.
"'I didn't
know, and I still don't know. Someone told me and I don't know what's going on,
but I hope they had a great time and I hope I didn't insult anyone, making them
sing into the mic," Beyonce said. "But you know royalty likes to have
fun and have a good entertaining night."
"I'm an
artist and I love being able to express myself and I'm not
one-dimensional," she said. "I have different feelings every day and
now that I've done movies I feel like I can try and recreate these characters
on the stage."
Beautiful, agile
and strong, Tara isn’t just the Leafmen’s Queen; she’s the life force of the
forest, which she presides over with respect, compassion and humor. Her
unique connection with nature gives her additional and powerful allies.
And when all hope seems lost, she summons help from the most surprising of
places.
Tara is nothing
less than the forest itself. She has a powerful connection with her land:
flowers bloom and bend toward her, and leaves bow to Tara. “Tara is the
heart of the forest, personified, and she’s beloved by her people, called the
Jinn,” says Beyoncé.
Beyoncé agrees
with Farrell that the film lives up to its grand title. “EPIC is about a
massive battle between good and evil, set against a huge landscape you’ve never
before experienced in a film,” she points out. “Everything in EPIC is big
– the action, stakes, characters – but at the same time they’re all really
relatable.”
Beyoncé found
much to admire in Tara, beyond the character’s elegance, powers and royal
position. “What I like most about Tara is that she sets a great
example for the people she protects, and Tara is a role model for the younger
characters.”
“Epic” (3D)
opens May 24
in theaters nationwide from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by
Warner Bros.
Check out
Beyonce’s video here http://on.aol.com/video/
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