Tony Jay Kain" for his voicing of the original Mortanius and of the Elder God, alongside several other minor characters. In various animated projects Jay took over the voice of Shere Khan, which actor George Sanders had originated for the 1967 Disney animated film "The Jungle Book". In 11 episodes spanning 1990–91, Jay voiced Shere Khan for Disney's animated TV series "TaleSpin", "The Jungle Book: Rhythm and Groove" videogame (2000), and the "House of Mouse" (2001–02). His final appearance as Khan came in the 2003 film "The Jungle Book 2". His final role was voicing Spiderus in the "Miss Spider" series. Jay
The Jungle Book (2016 film) alteration from the 1967 film and was partly inspired by Marlon Brando's character Colonel Kurtz in "Apocalypse Now", as well as incorporating Walken's own physical mannerisms. In regards to Louie's changes, Favreau stated, "We created this looming figure that was trying to extract the secret of fire from Mowgli. And also this gave Mowgli the idea that if he had fire, he could have power over Shere Khan, whether it was good or bad. So there was a "Lord of the Rings" aspect to that; the fire was almost like the ring in that was going to give someone ultimate