The Times 1 reported that the wife of Britain's Prince Harry Meghan recently claimed that a cast member from South Africa once said that her marriage had brought local joy, comparable to celebrating Mandela (Nelson ) Mandela) was released. But her actor and Mandela friend, Dr John Kani, said he had never met Meghan and was "confused" by what she said.
However, award-winning screenwriter and actor Carney, who voiced the mandrill wizard " Rafiki " in the film, told Daily Mail that he was the only South African for the 2019 version of " The Lion King ". The actor, but has never met Meghan and was not at the London premiere.
Carney said in an interview under Mandela's portrait at her Johannesburg residence, "I've never met Meghan Markle, it looks like some kind of faux pas from her, I've never met Meghan Markle at all. Met the Duchess...maybe just a misremember on her side. It confuses me, I'm the only South African in the cast, I'm Rafiki, Seth Rogen as Pumbaa, Donna Glover Simba and Beyonce as Nana."
Carney pointed out that the only other South Africans involved in the film were with Hans. Zimmer, who co-wrote the music for The Lion King but was not among the cast, said Mandela's move to freedom after 27 years in prison was a "landmark moment", while Meghan and Prince Harry's relationship The marriage was "no big deal" in South Africa, saying the two events "cannot be compared" and that "when Meghan married Harry, you really couldn't tell where you were". "I can't even tell you right now what month or year she got married,"
Carney said. "In my memory, no one will know when she got married, when or what," he said. "We didn't feel the marriage or the South African connection of her marriage to Harry, which I was really surprised by. To me, this whole thing is a non-event."
