phil harris did the voice of baloo in the new jungle book.
phil harris did the voice of baloo in the new jungle book.
who does the voice of baloo in the new jungle book?
phil harris
bullet::::- bill murray as baloo: a bear who encounters and befriends mowgli. favreau had murray in mind to voice baloo since the beginning of the project. “he’s perfect,” says the director. “bill just exudes all the charm and humor that you need and expect from baloo. he has a certain dryness and a rebellious quality.” he had also always wanted to work with murray, having been a huge fan of his work, though he has been aware of how hard it is to contact him. fortunately for favreau, he was able to get a hold of murray, and he agreed to come on board, with favreau going on to comment that “once he came aboard, he was incredibly passionate. he has a very high standard.”. “i just couldn’t say no to playing baloo,” says murray. “jon [favreau] is a terrific storyteller and i’m such a huge fan of the original stories. kipling wrote a lot of amazing stuff. i read that book when i was about 22 and i’ve always thought that it was just extraordinary writing.”
the jungle book (2016 film)
he is described in kipling's work as "the sleepy brown bear". robert armitage sterndale, from whom kipling derived most of his knowledge of indian fauna, used the hindi word ""bhalu"" for several bear species, though daniel karlin, who edited the penguin reissue of "the jungle book" in 1987, states that, with the exception of colour, kipling's descriptions of baloo are consistent with the sloth bear, as brown bears and asian black bears do not occur in the seoni area where the novel takes place. also, the name "sloth" can be used in the context of sleepiness. karlin states, however, that baloo's diet of "only roots and nuts and honey" is a trait more common to the asian black bear than to the sloth bear. nevertheless, this may be single observation only; according to the dietary habits of sloth bears, while sloth bears prefer termites and ants (which is also described as baloo's special treat in "the jungle book"), their main sources of food are honey and fruits most of the year. in the 1967 walt disney's "the jungle book", he's portrayed as a sloth bear, meanwhile in the russian version, he's portrayed as an asian black bear. in the 1994 remake of "the jungle book", baloo is portrayed by a cinnamon bear, while live-action television shows and movies often have baloo portrayed by an american black bear. in the 2016 adaptation, baloo is stated to be a sloth bear by bagheera, though his appearance is similar to that of a himalayan brown bear. though this subspecies of the brown bear is absent from historical records on seoni, it might have ranged across most of northern india.
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