JON FAVREAU ON SARABI ALFRE WOODARD

We have Alfre Woodard playing Sarabi, which is one of the roles where we found there was room to add more, and help balance the cast. The original film was definitely weighted more toward the male roles; and certainly in the culture of a lion’s pride, the female lions play a very important role. Also, there were, we felt, holes in the plot that we could smooth out involving Sarabi’s character, even reconstituting versions of scenes that had existed and were cut from the ’94 production, but also the original script and outtakes, as well as scenes that were included in the stage musical that weren’t in the film. “Having such a wonderful actor as Alfre Woodard – who brought gravitas to the role and the feeling of her being…

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