Call it royal accommodations and oh, how appropriate they are.
Especially after not knowing whether we could get him to be part of the cast.
He could have just as easily said no.
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His voice could have sounded different.
Theres a lot of ways this could not have worked out.
And that all of the stars aligned and there I was listening to him record…
I felt something very powerful happening.
But with him, that role stayed as close to the original as any.
And it was hard to not feel like an audience member.
So lost, Favreau found it difficult to even direct this acting legend in an equally legendary role.
I was like, Youre Mufasa.
Far be it from me… Everything he said sounded perfect because it was him saying it.
