Mufasa: The Lion King | Featurette: Barry Jenkins Visionary Storyteller - video Dailymotion

Now as the King of the Pride Lands, Simba is determined for his cub to follow in his paw prints.

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00:00When your father Simba was your age he was afraid of the thunder and would hide behind the king

00:06And cut. When I heard that Barry Jenkins was going to direct Mufasa the Lion King

00:13I said, oh my lord, how fortunate Disney is

00:21Given the place that Lion King holds within the culture

00:26I think Barry and the work he's made it just only makes sense

00:30I was really excited by the chance to work with Barry Jenkins. He's one of our best filmmaking storytellers

00:35Barry's incredibly talented and really try to do something different. Yeah, this one feels even more like an action adventure

00:42Yeah, so glad I brought some crickets. Go easy. We're in a cave

00:48The legacy means so much to so many people it's had such a lasting impact on my life when I was younger

00:55I nearly wore out my VHS copy of the film watching it almost every day while babysitting my nephews

01:01James Earl Jones is one of my heroes

01:04so it was nerve-wracking to step into the role and my way of managing that is to try and serve his portrayal in my

01:12portrayal of Mufasa's youth

01:14Mufasa is this character that we all know and love and now we get to peel back the layers and really tell the story of

01:20How Mufasa came to be the king

01:23What's your name Mufasa

01:26I'm Tucker and how he became brothers with the character. We will ultimately come to know a scar. Come on Mufasa

01:31Let's get in some trouble. I think what was most thrilling for me was how surprising Mufasa's story was

01:40It is a beautiful way to deepen the Lion King legacy

01:46Sometimes I get a scent it's barely a trace on the wind

01:50It smells like home. Barry has such a singular taste when it comes to creating an experience

01:56He knows how to make this big mythical story feel real. We must fight together

02:04Making a film like this gave us this opportunity

02:08To really take the audience on this massive journey

02:13And we've been able to assemble the cast of my dreams

02:18Creating it has been the fulfillment of a dream come true. So I'm excited to share this film when it comes to the big screen

02:26Go Mufasa, find your place

02:28In the circle of life

02:32Such a visual storyteller yet it makes sense that he lives alone