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.
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.
The Nashville star, the Raven’s Home actress, and the boy band teamed up for the Westwood One Radio Roundtables event held ahead of the award show at Lexus Lounge on Friday (February 8) in Los Angeles.
Lindsey Stirling is red hot while performing on stage at the Christmas at the Grove tree-lighting event on Sunday (November 18) at The Grove in Los Angeles.
Highlights from this year’s tree-lighting ceremony will be included in the CBS holiday special A Home for the Holidays, which will air on Friday, December 21.
Raini Rodriguez walks arm-in-arm with younger brother Rico while arriving at the 2018 Teen Choice Awards held at The Forum on Sunday (August 12) in Inglewood, Calif.
During the show, Fresh Off The Boat star Hudson hit the stage to present an award with Auli’i Cravalho – and it looks like they’re hinting that Coco was a winner!
FYI: Sky wore a Latiste suit, Jeffrey Campbell loafers and Givenchy jewelry. Elias wore an Appaman suit and Topman shoes.
