Coming To America James Earl Jones

 hit theaters in the midst of the first Eddie Murphy renaissance. By that time, audiences knew him from his stand-up comedy; time on

 in which he plays Akeem, an African prince who goes undercover as a commoner in New York City — further cemented Murphy's reputation as a formidable character actor. Similarly, as Akeem's sidekick, Semmi, Arsenio Hall also plays multiple roles in the film.

 — or any other film, for that matter — needs to embody more than one character to have a memorable impact. And there's perhaps no better example of an actor whose very presence dominates a scene quite like James Earl Jones. In the first movie, James Earl Jones plays Akeem's disapproving father, King Jaffe, in a way that's foreboding yet loving.

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, which hits Amazon Prime Video on March 5, 2021, much of the cast is back, including James Earl Jones as King Jaffe. But there's an element to his return that audiences may find surprising.

 Unfortunately, the junket didn't include Shari Headley (who plays Lisa in both films) or James Earl Jones. However, that didn't prevent Coley from asking Eddie Murphy about his co-stars. Eddie, I just want to talk about working with them again because both of them are so pivotal to the first one, and in this one as well too, because Lisa comes back and she's still Lisa, let's be honest, she said. And James Earl Jones, James Earl Jones.

Murphy had a surprising answer. Well, James Earl Jones, we had to shoot his stuff separately because James can't travel, he revealed. So, he shot his stuff in New York, so I didn't get to shoot with him. You could never tell, though.

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Was on Jan. 10, 2016. Since then, all his other work has been voice acting. In addition to his age and the COVID-19 pandemic, it's worth noting that Jones suffers from type-2 diabetes — all of which impacts his ability to travel.infinity percent better. Coming to America, however, is more of a cult film. It’s a good film don’t get us wrong, but its distinct lack of talking lions and giant talking clouds, which are also shaped like lions, doesn’t give it the same appeal.

However, both films share a common thread, the King and Queen in each film are played by the same actors. Yes, James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair appear in both movies in virtually the exact same role, sans being anthropomorphic talking lions, though Jones does wear a Lion as you can see from the picture.

So how did that casting come about? Well casting James Earl Jones as Mufasa is a pretty obvious choice. I mean, we’d pay Jones to re-dub

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, if only because that much testosterone, raw sex appeal and audible chocolate in one place would finally complete the ritual to allow us to bring Barry White back to life.  Indeed, Jones was cast due to his voice being powerful and “not dissimilar from an actual lions roar.”

, which along with being awesomely lasery, is watchable in the decidedly less-cool format of online streaming via YouTube. Of course, given Disney’s propensity to take down such things particularly after being mentioned on popular websites that brings it to their attention, it may be that the preceding link no longer works for you.  Sorry about that.

But we digress, we watched the video beforehand and Rafiki himself assured us that the voice actors for the film were chosen based on whether or not their voice could inspire the imaginations of the animators.

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Oddly, there’s no mention of any more specifics as to why Madge Sinclair was cast, at least in the videos not taken down by Disney. (There’s a part 2 that has apparently been completely nuked from the internet and we couldn’t drum up a copy of the laserdisk or content elsewhere.  If you have such a copy, let us know if it mentions it in the comments below.) Similarly, the specific reasoning behind the casting for

Is difficult to pin down, presumably because it’s a mediocre Eddie Murphy film from the 1980s.  Well-documented evidence is hard to come by.  If you happen to have been involved in the casting on that one, again feel free to enlighten us in the comments below. 🙂

Idea we had. We think that could make a lot of money, and I think we can agree that we’d all love to have Barry White back. In the end, we’d settle for having Jones’ voice on our voicemail to replace our current message.

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, if only because that much testosterone, raw sex appeal and audible chocolate in one place would finally complete the ritual to allow us to bring Barry White back to life.  Indeed, Jones was cast due to his voice being powerful and “not dissimilar from an actual lions roar.”

, which along with being awesomely lasery, is watchable in the decidedly less-cool format of online streaming via YouTube. Of course, given Disney’s propensity to take down such things particularly after being mentioned on popular websites that brings it to their attention, it may be that the preceding link no longer works for you.  Sorry about that.

But we digress, we watched the video beforehand and Rafiki himself assured us that the voice actors for the film were chosen based on whether or not their voice could inspire the imaginations of the animators.

James Earl Jones 8x10 Signed 'coming To America' Photo! 23835

Oddly, there’s no mention of any more specifics as to why Madge Sinclair was cast, at least in the videos not taken down by Disney. (There’s a part 2 that has apparently been completely nuked from the internet and we couldn’t drum up a copy of the laserdisk or content elsewhere.  If you have such a copy, let us know if it mentions it in the comments below.) Similarly, the specific reasoning behind the casting for

Is difficult to pin down, presumably because it’s a mediocre Eddie Murphy film from the 1980s.  Well-documented evidence is hard to come by.  If you happen to have been involved in the casting on that one, again feel free to enlighten us in the comments below. 🙂

Idea we had. We think that could make a lot of money, and I think we can agree that we’d all love to have Barry White back. In the end, we’d settle for having Jones’ voice on our voicemail to replace our current message.

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If you liked this article, you might also enjoy our new popular podcast, The BrainFood Show (iTunes, Spotify, Google Play Music, Feed), as well as:

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