When Aaron Pierre was cast as Mufasa, the weight of following in the late James Earl Jones’ legendary footsteps was enough to rattle any actor.
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“I had a lot of nerves and I actually think those nerves served me because that is what the adolescent version of that lion is,” Pierre said in an interview Friday at the San Diego Safari Park about his leading role inHe took the reins as the new voice of Mufasa after Jones played the iconic King Mufasa in both the 1994 and 2019 versions of Disney's “The Lion King.
“There was a bit of Taka resting on the privilege that he was supposed to be afforded,” said Kelvin Harrison Jr., who plays Taka. He drew some inspiration from Jeremy Irons, who voiced the villainous Scar in the 1994 original. “She was the main character and this whole movie starts with just voices,” Jenkins said. “They’re doing almost like a radio play and hearing that quality in her voice, I thought, ‘Oh, I think that’s my character,’" he continued."Then she auditioned and it was clear that she is my character.”
“They get to see themselves in that character and she’s learning the story about Mufasa,” Jenkins said."She’s learning how he went through the same trials and tribulations, the same growth as she is."“She was great," he said."I could have sworn we were in that cave with her.”wrote new songs for the film, he often leaned on the famous Billie Jean King quote: “Pressure is a privilege.
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