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00:00 You know, I tend to add glue fur to my skin at night, the night before I come in.
00:08 Boy, does she need a hobby.
00:10 And eat food like raw meat.
00:12 Don't eat me!
00:14 I'm a lion today.
00:15 Definitely not a lion!
00:17 When I came onto this film, the thing that was probably the biggest challenge
00:24 is that The Lion King was a huge, huge film.
00:27 So the trick was to tell a story that big.
00:30 The Lion King is probably the most successful animated feature of all time.
00:35 And we felt that in order to satisfy our audience's craving for more
00:40 and to have them be able to spend more time with the characters,
00:43 we created a sequel for them.
00:45 Yeehaw!
00:46 There was a lot of pressure involved.
00:48 We had to make sure that it was going to be just as good of a story.
00:51 And that's a tough act to follow.
00:53 When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
00:57 Working with Daryl Rooney was a wonderful experience.
01:00 This is a man who has lots of passion about storytelling.
01:04 What I really learned most about him is understanding and knowing your characters.
01:09 I didn't understand him then.
01:11 This is actually the first voice job that I've ever done.
01:14 So it's fun for me and it's exciting.
01:16 And definitely different.
01:18 I don't have to worry about having my hair done and being poked and prodded at
01:21 in the mornings to play a character.
01:23 My father sent you. After he promised to let me do this on my own, he lied.
01:27 I just want you to be careful.
01:29 When you're doing a voice for an animated character,
01:31 usually the drawings haven't been done yet.
01:33 So I think you have to work very closely with the director
01:37 and the people who are going to be working on the visuals so that you're in sync.
01:43 And so no matter what happens, you can always look to them for guidance.
01:48 Why have you come back?
01:50 Simba's not really done with the hatred that he has for Scar.
01:54 That's one of the things that makes him so interesting
01:56 is that you really, really sympathize.
01:58 You understand completely.
02:00 And hopefully you see, "No, Simba, don't act that way."
02:04 I think Simba is a sympathetic character.
02:07 He's got a lot on his plate, you know, being prince of all of that big circle of life.
02:13 Even Zebras, who you would think would be saying, you know,
02:17 "Lions, get me out of here," seem to like him.
02:20 Kovu.
02:22 I'm here recording the sequel to the very famous "Lion King"
02:28 right here in Disney Buena Vista Studios here in Burbank.
02:31 Simba is the enemy.
02:34 I must kill him.
02:37 That was so nasty.
02:39 In Los Angeles, our primary responsibility is the pre-production
02:43 and the development of the property.
02:45 So we start with a script, and then we develop that script
02:48 into what we'll then go into what we call storyboarding.
02:51 And that is a chance to basically take this script,
02:53 take the written word, and to put visuals to this.
02:56 And then once we have all these elements compiled,
02:58 all those elements will get shipped to our studio in Australia for the production.
03:01 It's this great team of artists that are so committed and dedicated
03:04 to making these films the very, very best that they can be.
03:07 And the fun part for me is going down there and actually seeing
03:10 what used to be just kind of static drawings,
03:12 and then you start putting all these drawings together,
03:15 and all of a sudden you've got these moving characters
03:18 that all of a sudden pop and come to life.
03:20 Now is the time to attack.
03:23 Zira is sleek.
03:25 She's a mature woman,
03:27 which lends perfectly to a feline kind of body movement.
03:31 She's always got an angle.
03:33 There's a certain angularity to the way she's designed.
03:36 Sharp points tell you something about her.
03:39 It just sort of psychologically makes you feel a little fearful of her.
03:43 These lands belong to Scar.
03:46 This is really a whacked-out chick.
03:48 Tomorrow your training intensifies.
03:52 It's a great villainess for Disney.
03:54 Just the look of her is just unbelievably terrifying,
03:57 and then she's so incredibly malicious.
03:59 That's what I root for in the movies, just the villain.
04:01 The qualities of a Disney villain or villainess is that they're mean.
04:06 Friends!
04:07 They have a reason for being mean, so that you do understand.
04:12 Who has made us outsiders?
04:14 Simba!
04:15 Who killed Scar?
04:17 Simba!
04:18 But that they're entertaining about it.
04:20 You must be exhausted.
04:23 You study animal movement.
04:25 If it's lions, you study lions, whatever the different animals are.
04:28 Part of it is four legs instead of two, like Mickey Mouse.
04:33 Mickey can use his hands, even though he's an animal, he's a mouse.
04:36 But Simba can't.
04:38 You have to be really careful about when you do use an arm.
04:42 You can't point like this, so you might have to use your head a lot.
04:46 And sometimes it's as simple as the animator getting down on all fours and acting it out.
04:51 Those Disney people, they're wacky.
04:53 One thing that we did in the film that everybody probably noticed
04:56 is that Pride Rock is mostly seen from the opposite side.
05:00 So you're getting the shadow side, and it's actually thematic.
05:03 The film is about Simba dealing with his shadow side,
05:07 so we're seeing the other side of Pride Rock.
05:09 And at the end of the film, the sun rises on that side of Pride Rock.
05:13 You get sun on it.
05:14 Resolution. It's a happy ending.
05:17 What a blast!
05:19 The whole cast is wonderful.
05:20 Come on! You follow old Rafiki? He knows the way.
05:23 That Mufasa guy cracks me up every time.
05:27 Watch the master and learn.
05:30 You have let your family break apart.
05:32 And in doing so, you have broken the circle of life.
05:36 Oh, sorry.
05:38 I'm going to be in a movie with Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella.
05:42 It's amazing. I'm very excited.
05:44 I play the part of Pumbaa, the lovable, heroic warthog.
05:48 Slimy, crunchy, slimy, tastes good, mouth smelling, tastes good, mouth hat, check please.
05:53 I play Timon.
05:55 Timon, Pumbaa, great.
05:57 I guess he's sort of a classic cartoon character.
06:02 Don't anybody move! This thing's loaded.
06:05 So it's really fun to sit with the writer and the director and the producer
06:08 and really hash out a story that's going to be fun and entertaining,
06:11 that will make you laugh and that will make you cry too.
06:14 It's a wonderful film. Wonderful film. I loved it.
06:20 It's about life and it's about love and it's about learning,
06:23 like the first one, and that's what people love about it.
06:25 I love it. I love it. Love it. Love it.
06:28 Love. Not like. Love.
06:32 I think this is a really beautiful film and I hope that that's how people will receive this.
06:37 I like it, so I hope they do too.
06:39 [Music plays]
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