'Maybe I am a 16-year-old girl!' Jack Black reveals he was 'born to play' teenager Bethany in Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle

By Annita Katee For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 13:38 GMT, 23 December 2017 | Updated: 13:41 GMT, 23 December 2017

He's one of Hollywood's biggest stars who is starring in the new Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle film alongside Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson.

And on Sunday, Jack Black revealed that he was oddly surprised with how easy he felt playing the role of a 16-year-old girl in the 1995 Robin Williams sequel.

Speaking to Confidential, the 48-year-old said that the role came to him so easily, joking it was possibly because he was a teenage girl.

Meant to be? On Sunday, Jack Black revealed that he was oddly surprised with how easy he felt playing the role of a 16-year-old girl in the 1995 Robin Williams sequel 

Meant to be? On Sunday, Jack Black revealed that he was oddly surprised with how easy he felt playing the role of a 16-year-old girl in the 1995 Robin Williams sequel 

'When you read a script, sometimes a bell goes off in your head and you know exactly what you want to do with a role,' he explained. 

'And that was the case with this one.' 

'I heard her voice. I don't know why. Maybe I AM a 16-year-old girl.' 

Just felt right: 'When you read a script, sometimes a bell goes off in your head and you know exactly what you want to do with a role,' he explained

Just felt right: 'When you read a script, sometimes a bell goes off in your head and you know exactly what you want to do with a role,' he explained

Channeling his inner female: 'I heard her voice. I don't know why. Maybe I AM a 16-year-old girl'

Channeling his inner female: 'I heard her voice. I don't know why. Maybe I AM a 16-year-old girl'

The movie will see Jack play a teenage Bethany - a high-school 'mean girl' who finds herself catapulted into a video game and into the body of a middle-aged man. 

And while some actors may find the role challenging and somewhat confronting, earlier in the year, the triple threat revealed it's the role he's known he was born to play. 

'In a weird way, I feel like it was the real life I was born to play,' said Jack to Collider. 

Stuck: The movie will see Jack play a teenage Bethany - a high-school 'mean girl' who finds herself catapulted into a video game and into the body of a middle-aged man

Stuck: The movie will see Jack play a teenage Bethany - a high-school 'mean girl' who finds herself catapulted into a video game and into the body of a middle-aged man

'It was very easy to tap into my inner 16-year-old girl. I don't know why. But just to have that power of attraction. It's subtle, but when you know you've got it, you know you've got it.' 

The original Jumanji saw comedian Robin Williams play a man who escapes from captivity inside a magical jungle-themed board game. 

The new film however will see the premise reversed, with the lead characters journeying into the game's fantastical world.

Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle will be in cinemas on Boxing Day.

Take two: The new film however will see the premise reversed, with the lead characters journeying into the game's fantastical world 

Take two: The new film however will see the premise reversed, with the lead characters journeying into the game's fantastical world 

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