There are four members in The Beatles, and, non so coincidentally, at that place are 4 vultures featured in Disney'due south 1967 film, The Jungle Book. Disney asked The Beatles to appear in this animated project. However, John Lennon vetoed the idea, reportedly due to scheduling conflicts.

'The Jungle Book' features iv vultures named Buzzie, Flaps, Ziggy, and Featherbrained

Disney's 'The Jungle Book' poster featuring characters Kaa, Baloo, Mowgli, King Louie, Shere Khan, Colonel Hathi, and Bagheera
Disney's 'The Jungle Book' poster featuring characters Kaa, Baloo, Mowgli, King Louie, Shere Khan, Colonel Hathi, and Bagheera | LMPC via Getty Images

In Disney's The Jungle Book, i jungle-raised male child journeyed to a human village with the help of some animal friends. In 2016, Disney created a photograph-real accommodation of their beloved story, reintroducing viewers to characters like King Louie, Baloo, and Bagheera.

For the original The Jungle Volume, Disney created several characters who interacted with Mowgli on his journey to the man hamlet. That includes a committee of vultures named Buzzie, Flaps, Ziggy, and Giddy, each sporting a British emphasis.

Co-ordinate to The Jungle Book's IMDb trivia folio, the await of the cartoon vultures, with their mop-top haircuts and Liverpool voices, are interpreted equally a homage to The Beatles. Ane bird'southward voice and features are not-then-secretly based on George Harrison.

With The Jungle Book debuting in 1967, The Beatles were already achieving international recognition as a boy band. A Difficult Solar day'southward Dark premiered in 1964, while Sgt Pepper'due south Lonely Hearts Club Ring debuted in June 1967.

The Beatles almost appeared in Disney's 'The Jungle Volume'

Equally one of the biggest male child bands in the globe, Disney asked The Beatles to appear as the Vultures in Disney's blithe film, The Jungle Volume.

The IMDb page reports, the ring's manager, Brian Epstein, approached Disney Studios about having The Beatles appear in the moving-picture show. As a result, Disney had his animators create the Vultures specifically to exist voiced by the band."

Epstein took the thought to The Beatles. Lennon vetoed the thought and told Epstein to tell Disney he should hire Elvis Presley instead. Of course, Presley did not appear in the Disney project. In the terminal version of The Jungle Book, Disney swapped their stone 'n' coil Vultures for a barbershop quartet.

Co-ordinate to Screenrant, the principal reason the artists turned down The Jungle Volume was scheduling conflicts. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr never voiced Disney characters.

All the same, Disney and The Beatles did continue to accept a relationship. In 2021, Disney+ debuted the documentary series The Beatles: Get Back.

Who voiced other characters in Disney'south 'The Jungle Book'

The Beatles did non appear in The Jungle Volume. Years subsequently, though, other musicians partnered with Disney, actualization equally voice actors in animated productions. Recently, that included Beyoncé Knowles-Carter'southward starring role in Disney'southward 2019 version of The Panthera leo King.

In 2016 accommodation of The Jungle Book featured award-winning actors like Scarlett Johansson (Kaa), Lupita Nyong'o (Raksha), and Idris Elba (Shere Khan). The original 1967 adaptation featured the voices of Louis Prima (King Louie), Bruce Reitherman (Mowgli), and others.

Both versions of The Jungle Book are bachelor on Disney+.

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