Daniel Kaluuya explains why his live-action adaptation of Barney is so "poignant" right now

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Daniel Kaluuya shot to fame in Jordan Peele’s 2017 horror Get Out, and has since starred in hits like 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Black Panther and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Queen & Slim. It’s understandable, then, that we were all a little bit confused when it was ann𓆉ounced that Kaluuya would produce a live-action Barney movie with Mattel.

If that news wasn’t enough to get you scratching your head, his recent comments about the film will do the trick. Speaking to , Kaluuya said: “Barney taught us, ‘I love you, you lo🐻ve me. Won’t you say you love me too?’ That’s one of the first songs I remember, and what happens when that isn’t true?”

He added, &ld🦹quo;I thought that was really heartbreaking. I have no idea why but it feels like that makes sense. It feels like there’s something unexpected that can be poignant but optimistic. Es꧃pecially at this time now, I think that’s really, really needed.”

Kaluuya is definitely right thﷺat we could all use some optimism right now, and we’re intrigued as to how poignant and heart-breaking Barney can be.

This isn’t the first time Kaluuya has shared some strange info on his Barney movie. Last year, Kaluuya said: “Barney was a ubiquitous figure in many of our childhoods, then he disappeared into the sha💞dows, left misunderstood.”

Kaluuya’s statements on the project so far might raise more questions than answers, and we’ll probably be waiting a while for more details on the project – so far, the film has no release da🍬te, and no members of the cast have been announced.

While we wait for this mysterious Barney movie to materialise, check out our list of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:must-see movies still cಞoming to cin🐟emas in 2020.

Molly Edwards
Deputy Entertainment Editor

I'm the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked 🅺on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.