TIL that the producers of The Jungle Book film originally considered Louis Armstrong for the voice of King Louie, but were worried that choosing a black actor to voice an ape would cause controversy.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Louie



Submitted March 20, 2015 at 01:43AM by LissieRae06 http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2zmen9/til_that_the_producers_of_the_jungle_book_film/