Well i have two lion king books and i found some intersting facts you would want to know
Book 1
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In this book i was reading the introduction and i learned a new fact
It says that early in the making of TLK they said simba would have a little brother but in three years they changed it but the name is mheetu but spelled it diffrent and spelled it as Meetoo was going to be his brother or the bat eared fox name Bahti
Book 2
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There is a section that shows 20 things you never knew about the lion king
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1. Working Titles
Whe the films creators frist thought of making an animated movie about lions, they referred to the idea as "Bambi in Africa." The first drafts of the story were written in 1989- Only then the movie was Called King of the Jungle.
2. On Safari In Africa
before they worked on the TLK, several of the film's creators spent two weeks on Safari in Kenya, studying how real lions live. They watched hunting lions, mothers with cubs and big male cats stretched out in the sun. One time they tied a rope behind there Land Rover and drove slowly as lion cubs chased the rope, Batting it and playing with it just like house cats.They made sketches and took photos of the playful cubs to help create Simba and Nala.
3. Animals In The Office
A wildlife expert brought a lion, a baboon and some vultures to the film studio so the animators could study certain behaviors. For example, in the movie rafiki carries a staff, so the animators had a real baboon carry a long stick aroung so they could sketch him in diffrent poses.
4.Mufasa...King Mufasa
The Creators originally imagined Sean Connery as the voice of Mufasa The Directors were looking for someone with strength and a sense of command in his voice, yet someone who could be a fun dad," but the idea sort of faded after they herd James Earl Jones he was so perfect for the part."
7. Rafiki's Song
Asante sana! Squash banana! We we nugu! Mi mi apana!(Roughly it means Thank you very much) Squash banana(Means your a babbon and i'm not
12. More Songs From The Stage
He Lives In You was going to be in the original flim but they thought the moring report fit perficaly with the movie so when they made TLK 2 they put the song in there
16. A Bad Guy In The Family
In the early scrips, Scar was a rogue lion who wasn't related to Mufasa. Then the filmmakers decieted that the story would be more emotional and scary if the bad guy was someone in the family. So they made him King Mufasa's brother.
19. King Mufasa's Ghost
The scene where King Mufasa's Ghost apperars to Simba was the last scene created for the movie. In the original script, mufasa died and reappeared. But the producers decited that Simba Really needed to see his father agian, so they created the scene with Mufasa's ghost.
20. Whats In Name
Simba: Lion
Sarabi: Mirage
Rafiki: Friend
Pumbaa: Simpleton
Shenzi: Uncouth
Banzai: Skulk or Lurk
Sarafina: Bright Star
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