Ben Kingsley Will Lend His Voice to Disney’s Live Action Jungle Book
Ben Kingsley's noble quest to improve every movie continues.
By Jun 26th, 2014, 12:21 pm
The new Jungle Book movie may be live action, but the animals still need a fair amount of voice acting, and they’ve added Ben Kingsley to the cast! Kingsley will voice Bagheera in the new adaptation. Well that’s exciting news! Kingsley joins Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson, and Lupita Nyong’o in a cast that should make this new, Jon Favreau-helmed adaptation a lot more memorable than the last live action one.
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