Bell narrates cuddly doc

Anyone who has seen LOS ANGELES Kristen Bell break down in (happy) hysterics over a sloth knows the actress’s affinity for animals, especially those of the cute and cuddly variety. So when the people behind the new Imax original film Pandas asked The Good Place star if she would consider narrating the documentary, it was a nobrainer.

“I’m not un-secretive about the fact that I’m an animal lover, or an Imax lover, to be totally honest with you,” Bell said. “I think they produce some of the best content out there and I take my kids to the science centre every time there’s a new Imax movie. I just think the patience with which they produce particularly their animal documentaries is kind of astounding.”

Pandas, from David Douglas and Drew Fellman (Born to be Wild and Island of Lemurs: Madagascar), takes audiences to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China.

Bell, who got involved later in the process, didn’t get to meet the pandas but hopes that one day she will.

An avid watcher of nature documentaries, Bell said that she and her young daughters Lincoln and Delta particularly love David Attenborough and the Planet Earth series.

The girls saw an early cut of Pandas and “loved it” which makes Bell all the more excited for additional kids and families to experience Pandas, too.

“It’s inspiring the next crop of biologists and conservationists,” she said.

She thinks the film will connect beyond animal diehards, too.

“It makes you feel good,” Bell said. “It’s inspiring, it’s beautiful, it’s adorable, it’s educational and personally, I think currently the world could use more things that feel good, you know?”