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'Glee' Fans Clocked an Interesting Connection to 'Barbie' That You Might Have Missed

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren is the unexpected connection between Barbie and Glee…

The moment you heard the narrator’s voice while watching Barbie in theaters earlier this summer, you likely clocked it as Helen Mirren. The iconic actress doesn’t appear onscreen, but her presence in the movie is impossible to miss.

One Glee fan instantly recognized her voice from another project you might have forgotten that she did. Helen narrated Glee character Becky Jackson’s (Lauren Potter) inner monologue in a few episodes of the show!

They took to TikTok to react to the news, sharing the belief that Becky narrated the movie. Kevin and Jenna wholeheartedly agreed. On a recent episode of the podcast, Kevin highlighted the theory.

“So in saying Becky is the narrator of Barbie. So if we believe that these are part of the same cinematic universe, then yeah. I loved it,” he opined, with his former co-star sounding equally into the idea.

If you forgot about Helen’s involvement in Glee, you wouldn’t be alone. However, she spilled some tea on it just last year…

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