During the summer of 1992, Mecchi was brought on board to polish the script for The Lion King, which was pitched to her as "Bambi in Africa". Several months later, she was joined by Jonathan Roberts during the rewriting process of the screenplay.
Mecchi joined the team in the summer of 1992 to fine-tune the script for The Lion King, which was initially conceived as a African counterpart to Bambi. Later that year, she worked alongside Jonathan Roberts on revising the screenplay.