![the jungle book 1994 monkey temple the jungle book 1994 monkey temple](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/7/72/Real_Bagheera.jpg)
This section's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. įollowing a legal dispute with Prima's widow Gia Maione up until her death in 2013, King Louie was absent for the 2000s until the release of the 2016 live-action Jungle Book film, where he is depicted as a giant Orangutan and voiced by Christopher Walken. Prima considered playing King Louie as one of the highlights of his career and felt he had become "immortal" thanks to Walt Disney and the entire studio. Initially, the filmmakers considered Louis Armstrong for the role, but to avoid the likely controversy that would result from casting a black person to voice an ape, they instead chose Prima, a white singer. King Louie was voiced by Italian-American and New Orleans native Louis Prima in the original 1967 film. Unlike the majority of the adapted characters in the film, Louie was not featured in Rudyard Kipling's original works. He is an Orangutan who leads the other jungle primates and attempts to gain knowledge of fire from Mowgli to become more human. King Louie is a fictional character introduced in Walt Disney's 1967 animated musical film The Jungle Book. Jim Cummings ( TaleSpin, Jungle Cubs (as an adult), The Jungle Book Groove Party)Ĭhristopher Walken ( 2016 live-action film)
![the jungle book 1994 monkey temple the jungle book 1994 monkey temple](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8a/KingLouie.jpg)
![the jungle book 1994 monkey temple the jungle book 1994 monkey temple](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTkzNTAxNTMxMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMzM5MzI3._V1_.jpg)
Milt Kahl, Frank Thomas, John Lounsbery, and Walt Disney King Louie singing " I Wan'na Be Like You".