The Making Of The Lion King

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• JO

  @Jostipi · 12 years ago

  These men and women made one of the best animated films EVER. Kudos!!!

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  @57santiago · 8 years ago

  RIP Robert Guillaume. God rest your soul.

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• CB

  @cbolanz1 · 10 years ago (edited)

  My childhood in 27 minutes. The Lion King is a Legend and will live on forever. my top animated Disney movie ever.<br>1.The Lion King<br>2.Aladdin<br>3.Beauty And The Beast<br>4.The Little Mermaid<br>5.Tarzan<br>6.Mulan<br>7.Hercules<br>8.The Hunchback Of Notre dame<br>9.The Rescuers Down Under<br>10. Pocahontas

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• TH

  @theferalsiren · 5 years ago

  This casting was 100% perfect.

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• JY

  @JYDY-if5rf · 5 years ago (edited)

  Rest in peace Robert Guillaume as benson and rafiki

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• MY

  @MyJustin316 · 8 years ago

  RIP Mr Robert Guilluame you will always be in our childhoods as Rafiki in The Lion King you were the circle of our lives 1927-2017

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• MR

  @MrGabeanator · 8 years ago

  RIP Robert guilluame

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• VI

  @vinceniederman3235 · 13 years ago

  Vincent Price says &quot;Disney is a magical name to me&quot; Love when actors in thier first disney film say that which i&apos;ll do the same by saying&quot;I&apos;ve been watching disney for years it&apos;s a pleasure to do voice-over for a villain character&quot;

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• KY

  @kylgrv · 8 years ago

  God bless you Robert Guillaume. Thank you for lending your vocal talent to Rafiki.

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• VI

  @vinceniederman3235 · 7 years ago

  Jeremy Irons is My Favorite Actor in The Lion King Great Performance As Scar!

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• MR

  @MrMarlon997 · 11 years ago

  Casting<br>The voice actors were chosen for how they fit and could add to the characters – for instance, James Earl Jones was cast because the directors found his voice &quot;powerful&quot; and similar to a lion&apos;s roar.[16] Jones commented that during the years of production, Mufasa &quot;became more and more of a dopey dad instead of [a] grand king&quot;.[17] Nathan Lane originally auditioned for Zazu, and Ernie Sabella, for one of the hyenas. Upon meeting each other at the recording studio, the actors, who at the time both co-starred in Guys and Dolls, were asked to record together as hyenas. The directors laughed at their performance and decided to cast them as Timon and Pumbaa.[16][18] For the hyenas, the original intention was to reunite Cheech &amp; Chong, but while Cheech Marin accepted to play Banzai, Tommy Chong was unavailable. Thus his role was changed into a female hyena, Shenzi, who was voiced by Whoopi Goldberg, these other guys the casts of the teenager simba between cub and teen and teenage simba between teen and adult and young adult simba<br>Adolescence<br>Teen Simba<br>Teenage Simba<br>A teenaged Simba appears briefly during the log sequence of &quot;Hakuna Matata.&quot; Simba is older than his adolescent counterpart in The Lion King 1½ (in which his teenaged self makes a longer appearance), evident by the mane that begins to run down his neck and the mane that begins to appear on his chest his face and lower body. a voice for teenage simba between adult and teen<br><br>[10] Matthew Broderick was cast as adult Simba early during production, and during the three years of voice acting only recorded with another actor once, and only discovered Moira Kelly voiced Nala at the premiere.[19] Jeremy Irons had at first refused the role due to not being comfortable going from the dramatic performance as Claus von Bülow in Reversal of Fortune to a comedic role. But once he came in, Irons&apos; performance even inspired the writers to incorporate more of his acting as von Bülow - even adding one of that character&apos;s lines, &quot;You have no idea&quot; - and animator Andreas Deja to watch both Reversal of Fortune and Damage to pick up Irons&apos; facial traits and tics.[17][20]

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• RA

  @raghadabdulrahman6578 · 9 years ago

  I cried this movie was a part of my childhood 😭💕 it is a true masterpiece

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