The Making of The Lion King 2 Simba's Pride

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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]

06:48 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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