WATCH | How Kelvin Harrison Jr Celebrated Landing The Role Of Taka - video Dailymotion

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In Mufasa: The Lion King, Kelvin Harrison Jr. brings unexpected depth and vulnerability to Taka—the young lion who will one day become the infamous Scar.

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00:00So what was your first reaction when you were offered the role in that Lion King origin story?

00:04Man, I was so hyped. I was, I literally, I was in New Orleans at the time. It was 2021. I was

00:12prepping for a movie and me and my friends came to visit me that weekend and to come hang out.

00:20We were doing a crawfish boil. Oh yeah. Okay. I got the call and I literally put on Be Prepared

00:26and I danced around the house. I stood on chairs, tables, like it was a full out performance because

00:34it was right after the pandemic too. So to get a job like that and to get a dream job and to be able

00:40to work with a fantastic filmmaker, that was like, man, I can't, I'm actually living out some of my

00:47childhood dreams. Like that is crazy. We're at home where it began, the thing that I thought I

00:53would never be able to do a reach. I'm actually being able to do right now. So.

00:57So.

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WATCH | How Kelvin Harrison Jr Celebrated Landing The Role Of Taka

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