If you’ve seen any movie made in the past 30 years, chances are you’ve seen “The Lion King”. Among the many memorable songs from that flick is “Be Prepared”, sung by Scar, one of the most famous Disney villains of all-time. Jeremy Irons voiced the character, but he actually didn’t sing the entirety of his character’s song.
There’s one part of “Be Prepared” in which Scar shouts intensely, and this exhausted Irons’ voice enough that he couldn’t sing the rest of the song. Enter Jim Cummings, who already was voicing Ed, one of the hyenas alongside Whoopi Goldberg and Cheech Marin. Cummings filled in for Irons for the last part of the song and did it so well that one couldn’t tell the difference.
Cummings’ filmography is too lengthy to list here, but you definitely have heard his voice if you’ve watched a lot of animation made over the past 40 years. He chose to sample one of those when he posted a video of him singing “Be Prepared” on social media. Oh, and he was wearing an interesting shirt:
Yep, I sang "Be Prepared" in The Lion King đŚ pic.twitter.com/TaKFcrtvqd
— Jim Cummings (@Jimcummingsacme) May 27, 2024
While we can’t confirm at this time whether Cummings in fact is a Notre Dame fan, it’s cool to see this nonetheless. Maybe in light of this, the Irish should add “Be Prepared” to their pregame playlist? Just a thought.
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