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Despicable Me 4 includes the brand new character Poppy Prescott, voiced by Joey King!

Poppy sets off a series of events in the film when she blackmails Gru and forces him to take her under his wing as a villain in training, all in the hopes of being accepted into the villain school he attended as a child.

You probably won’t recognize it Joey‘s voice in the film, but you will definitely recognize Joey as an actress.

The 24-year-old actress had her big breakthrough in the 2010 film Ramona nests in “The Wild World” and she had a steady career as a child actress with roles in Crazy stupid love, The Dark Knight Rises, White House is out of actionAnd I wish I was here. She became a superstar with Netflix’ The kissing booth Trilogy and has since appeared in films such as Express train and the new romantic comedy from Netflix A family affair. You can also see her in TV shows like the Emmy-nominated drama The act and the new limited series We were the lucky ones.

So what did Joey say about voicing Poppy?

Read on to find out more…

“Recording voiceovers for an animated film is one of my favorite things to do because you have to do everything with your voice. You end up making a bit of a fool of yourself to understand what the character is going through.” Joey told FilmFare. “You can’t be afraid to put in the effort to make it resonate in your voice. The freedom to let go and not worry about how you look is what I love most, especially when I get to play a character as funny, over-the-top, yet lovable as Poppy. I can really let loose, do wild things, and there’s no wrong way to do it.”

She continued: “Poppy’s voice is different from mine because I added a cute little lisp to her voice, which is my favorite thing about the character. I love when kids try to be serious and say something in that innocent, childlike voice, and in Poppy’s case, her lisp. And even though it wasn’t really my intention, her lisp somehow makes her seem even more terrifying.”

Find out about all the actors returning for the sequel and who was added to the cast.