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It happened – Shahadi Wright Joseph met Beyonce!!!

The 14-year-old actress’ main goal while attending The Lion King premiere was to meet Queen Bey.

“Soooooo….this happened. I’m looking cool on the outside but INSIDE…👀🙀🤯😁😁😁😄🤩🤩🤩,” she captioned a photo on Instagram.

Earlier in the day, Shahadi made an appearance on Daily Pop and revealed that she had never met, or even spoke to Beyonce.

Shahadi voices the younger version of Nala in the new film, while Beyonce voices the adult Nala.

Shahadi also met some of her other co-stars, Donald Glover and Florence Kasumba, and got to see JD McCrary.

JD McCrary is all smiles on the red carpet at the premiere of The Lion King on Tuesday (July 9) at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, Calif.

The singer/actor sported a gold and black outfit as he was joined at the premiere by his co-star Shahadi Wright Joseph.

JD and Shahadi play the younger versions of Simba and Nala in the live-action remake. Donald Glover and Beyonce voice the characters once they are older.

The Lion King will be released on July 19. Make sure you check out the full cast photo here!

FYI: Shahadi is wearing head to toe Miu Miu.

Shahadi Wright Joseph and JD McCrary stare back at their lion counterparts in this stunning image from their upcoming film, The Lion King.

Disney dropped a handful of amazing pics of the full cast including Donald Glover with Simba; Beyoncé Knowles-Carter with Nala; John Oliver, Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner with Zazu, Pumbaa and Timon; Chiwetel Ejiofor with Scar; Alfre Woodard with Sarabi; Eric André, Florence Kasumba and Keegan-Michael Key with hyenas Azizi, Shenzi and Kamari.

A new featurette was also revealed today, showing brand new footage from the new CGI movie, and a glimpse behind the scenes during recording sessions.

The Lion King opens in theaters on July 19th.

JD McCrary and Shahadi Wright Joseph sing “I Just Can’t Wait To Be King” at the 2019 ARDYs on Sunday night (June 16) at CBS Radford Studios in Studio City, Calif.

The Lion King co-stars, who play the voices of Young Simba and Young Nala in the upcoming Disney film, closed out the show with their performance.

While on the red carpet, JD wore a hoodie with a picture of Simba on the front, while Shahadi opted for a bright purple dress.

Also in attendance were Carson Leuders and Hayden Summerall, as well as American Idol‘s Laine Hardy and Gabby Barrett, who performed “The Climb” from Hannah Montana: The Movie and her own song “I Hope”.

Click inside to see a clip of Gabby Barrett’s performance… More Here! »

JD McCrary went all out for the Toy Story 4 premiere!

The young Lion King star wore a cowboy themed look for the red carpet premiere at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on Tuesday night (June 11).

But JD wasn’t the only one in a themed look - Sydney to the Max‘s Christian J. Simon was also seen wearing a fun Toy Story themed blazer with the iconic title song, “You’ve Got A Friend In Me”, inscribed on the back.

The two young actors were joined by Descendants‘ Sarah Jeffery and Anna Cathcart at the event, as well as Emma Kenney, Alisha Marie, LaurDIY, Allison Holker, Stephen “tWitch” Boss, Ava Kolker, Jackson Dollinger, Jet Jurgensmeyer, and Good Trouble‘s Sherry Cola and Kara Wang.

Toy Story 4 opens in theaters on June 21st.

FYI: Emma wore a Sun Child dress.

JD McCrary is opening up about his role in the upcoming live-action Lion King flick!

The 11-year-old actor and musician, who is set to play young Simba in the movie, explained that it took quite a few auditions to land the role.

“It was interesting. I was in Atlanta shooting and did a self tape, I got a callback, then another callback and then was able to come back to LA to be in the room with the producers, and then I found out. And I’m thankful they picked me,” JD explained to J-14.

He added that when his parents told him he got the part, he thought he was about to get in trouble!

JD added, “I was at home in my room and my parents asked me to come in the living room. I was thinking, ‘What did I do?’ And then my mom said you are Simba — I was like ‘What?!’ I jumped around yelling, my mom cried and we stood in a circle and prayed to thank God!”

The Lion King is set to hit theaters on July 19th.

JD McCrary shows off the back of his white jacket at the premiere of Little held at Regency Village Theatre on Monday (April 8) in Westwood, Calif.

The 11-year-old honored rapper Nipsey Hussle on the blue carpet with an RIP message on his blazer. Nipsey was tragically murdered earlier this month in Los Angeles.

JD, who stars in the flick as Issac, was also joined by co-stars Tucker Meek, Thalia Tran and Marley Taylor, as well as Laya DeLeon Hayes on the blue carpet.

Little hits theaters on Friday, April 12th.