couldn’t be more about getting to reprise her role for . “It’s pretty awesome that I get to play [Joy] again,” Poehler, 52, exclusively told at the Monday, July 11, Los Angeles premiere of the Disney sequel. “I love this character so much.
I’m so proud to be in this movie. It really is a dream come true.” Poehler portrays Joy in both the 2015 film and its subsequent 2024 follow up — the lead of the five major emotions inside the mind of Riley Andersen ( ).
However, while Joy may be No. 1 in Riley’s mind, Poehler said that she doesn’t see her character as the “best” of the emotions, telling that they “all” have “something they bring to the table.” When it comes to how Poehler brings Joy to life on screen, the actress said that it was easy to jump back into the character’s shoes a second time.
“You know what? I actually thought about the first movie to play Joy for the second,” she quipped to . Directed by , hit theaters in 2015 and starred the voices of Poehler, Dias, , , , , , and . The first movie followed five of Riley’s emotions — Joy, Anger, Disgust, Fear and Sadness — as they helped Kaitlyn deal with her family’s relocation from the midwest to San Francisco.
The sequel of stars like , and who play Anxiety, Envy and Fear, respectively, a second set of emotions that threaten to throw a wrench into the operation once Riley hits puberty. While speaking to earlier this month, Poehler — who is mom to kids Archie, 15, and Abel, 13.
