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In Mufasa: The Lion King, Kelvin Harrison Jr. brings unexpected depth and vulnerability to Taka—the young lion who will one day become the infamous Scar.

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00:00So there's a lot of heart and a lot of hurt in this version of Scar's story.

00:05Are there any moments or experiences in the film that stayed with you the most after you finished

00:10filming? That's a good question. I think the notion of a Malay, what is home? I thought about

00:18a lot actually. Where is home? Is home New Orleans for me? Is home in LA where I have my girlfriend

00:26and my friends? Is home someplace else? Is home, I joke and say a plate of food, but sometimes

00:34eating food that tastes like the way my mama made it, feels like home. There's so many versions of

00:42a Malay and I think it is important to identify that and get back to it. I think a lot of us lose

00:48track and lose sight of what Malay is for us. And then we figure out and we start to wonder why

00:53we've lost our soul and our version of ourselves, our sense of identity, our authenticity.

00:58And Malay can be wherever you want it to be, as long as it's true and honest, as long as you can

01:06feel true and honest and safe. And I think that is something I really protect and honor. And even

01:12when I'm away, like I'm in Orlando right now, is having people that I love near me in the process

01:19or working with people that I love to make sure that it feels like Malay. So that aspect is really

01:25beautiful theme of the film and something that I didn't know what I was still thinking about,

01:31but I took from the movie.

WATCH | Kelvin Harrison Jr On What His Milele Is

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