The director of The Jungle Book said it would have been “odd” not to feature prominent female characters in the film like the classic Disney animation.
Jon Favreau joined Oscar winners Sir Ben Kingsley and Lupita Nyong’o on a jungle-themed red carpet at El Capitan theatre in Los Angeles for the movie’s world premiere.
Based on Rudyard Kipling’s famous book and inspired by Disney’s 1967 film, The Jungle Book uses live action and computer-generated animation to tell the story of Mowgli, a boy raised by a family of wolves, who is hunted by battle-scarred tiger Shere Khan, voiced by Idris Elba.
Favreau said he turned to Scarlett Johansson to provide the voice of hypnotic snake Kaa and the film includes a high-profile role for the character Raksha, a female wolf voiced by 12 Years A Slave actress Nyong’o.
He told the Press Association: “Times are different now. It seems odd to have all-male characters. In the ’67 film, it was an all male cast.
“In Kipling’s (book), there was a prominent character we really played up called Raksha. She really is the heart and soul of the central relationship with Mowgli.
Jon Favreau joined Oscar winners Sir Ben Kingsley and Lupita Nyong’o on a jungle-themed red carpet at El Capitan theatre in Los Angeles for the movie’s world premiere.
Based on Rudyard Kipling’s famous book and inspired by Disney’s 1967 film, The Jungle Book uses live action and computer-generated animation to tell the story of Mowgli, a boy raised by a family of wolves, who is hunted by battle-scarred tiger Shere Khan, voiced by Idris Elba.
Favreau said he turned to Scarlett Johansson to provide the voice of hypnotic snake Kaa and the film includes a high-profile role for the character Raksha, a female wolf voiced by 12 Years A Slave actress Nyong’o.
He told the Press Association: “Times are different now. It seems odd to have all-male characters. In the ’67 film, it was an all male cast.
“In Kipling’s (book), there was a prominent character we really played up called Raksha. She really is the heart and soul of the central relationship with Mowgli.
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