Kim Kardashian and Kanye West‘s daughter North, nine, and son Saint, seven, have landed their first movie roles.
The children have been cast alongside their famous mother in the upcoming sequel to the 2021 animated feature PAW Patrol: The Movie.
It cements their status as bona fide ‘nepo babies’ – a term that became popular last year after New York Magazine ran a hit piece spotlighting nepotism in Hollywood.
Entitled PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, the next film will see Kim reprise her role from the original picture as a poodle called Delores, Deadline reports.
Nepo babies take Hollywood! Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s son Saint and daughter North have landed their first movie roles in the PAW Patrol sequel
Saint’s part is reportedly just a cameo, while North’s character is one of three puppies in the cast of characters.
The other two will be played by TikTok star Brice Gonzalez, seven, and child actor Alan Kim, 10, who earned a BAFTA nomination for Minari.
They are joining a top-flight voice cast including Frozen star Kristen Bell and child actress McKenna Grace, who played opposite Viola Davis in Troop Zero.
X-Men heartthrob James Marsden, Get Out actor Lil Rel Howery and tennis legend Serena Williams all form part of the ensemble.
Throwback: Entitled PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, the next film will see Kim reprise her role from the original picture as a poodle called Delores (pictured), Deadline reports
Throwback: The first PAW Patrol movie (pictured) was adapted from a Canadian television cartoon of the same name that aired on Nickelodeon in the United States
Dynamic duo: Saint’s part is reportedly just a cameo, while North’s character is one of three puppies in the cast of characters
The first PAW Patrol movie was adapted from a Canadian television cartoon of the same name that aired on Nickelodeon in the United States.
North has achieved social media stardom in recent months, making frequent appearances on a TikTok account she shares with her mother.
Her TikTok fame comes after Kanye publicly voiced his strenuous objections to his eldest child being allowed onto the platform.
Kim and Kanye, who married in 2014 and finalized their divorce last year, share four children – North, nine, Saint, seven, Chicago, four, and Psalm, three.
Family time: North and Saint are seen dressed as Wilma and Fred Flinstone for Halloween 2019, when their parents were still together
Throwback: Kim and Kanye, who married in 2014 and finalized their divorce last year, share four children – North, nine, Saint, seven, Chicago, four, and Psalm, three
Last year Kanye saw his career implode and his billion-dollar fortune plummet after a string of anti-Semitic outbursts in interviews and on social media.
North and Saint’s film roles come on the heels of a social media furor over ‘nepo babies’ in who are said to have gotten showbiz careers via family connections.
The focus landed on a glut of rising starlets with famous parents, from Johnny Depp’s daughter Lily-Rose Depp to Andie MacDowell’s daughter Margaret Qualley.
Family business: North has achieved social media stardom in recent months, making frequent appearances on a TikTok account she shares with her mother
Maude Apatow, whose father is Judd Apatow, and Maya Hawke, whose parents are Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, have shot to fame in recent years as well.
Madonna’s daughter Lourdes Leon, Heidi Klum’s daughter Leni Klum, Cindy Crawford’s daughter Kaia Gerber and Elvis Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough are also coming up, among other boldface names.
The online chatter around ‘nepo babies’ reached a fever pitch in December after New York magazine ran a viral cover story about the phenomenon.
Pedigree: Kristen Bell, whose voice star bona fides include one of the lead roles in the Disney smash hit Frozen, is also part of the cast
Agelessly dashing: Hollywood heartthrob James Marsden, who has starred in such features as the X-Men franchise, has now joined the PAW Patrol film series
Dakota Johnson, whose parents are Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith and whose grandmother is Hitchcock blonde Tippi Hedren, was one of the faces on the cover.
Jamie Lee Curtis, the daughter of Psycho actress Janet Leigh and Some Like It Hot dreamboat Tony Curtis, then waded into the debate.
Calling herself the ‘OG Nepo Baby,’ she complained: ‘The current conversation about nepo babies is just designed to try to diminish and denigrate and hurt.’
Legend in her own time: Tennis icon Serena Williams, who is pictured at Art Basel in Miami this past November, is also part of the upcoming movie
Src: dailymail.co.uk
