Have you seen the new Lion King movie yet? It's been breaking all kinds of records and of course is modeled after the original from the 90s.
Check out some interesting facts about the original movie.
Sean Connery was Disney's first choiceto play Mufasa. James Earl Jones ended up with the role . . . both in the original AND the new version.
The opening lyrics: Quote, "Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba . . . Sithi uhm ingonyama . . . “from "Circle of Life" literally translate to "There comes a lion, father . . . Oh yes, it's a lion." The opening is sung in Zulu.
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" was the FIRST song Rice and Elton completed. It was also originally supposed to be sung only by Timon and Pumbaa. According to Ernie Sabella, who voiced Pumbaa, Elton was NOT happy that they were using the ballad as a parody, so it was reworked.
There are no real lion roars used in the movie, they were all done by voice actor Frank Welker, who created them by growling into a metal garbage can.
The Lion King is the best-selling VHS tape of all time.
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