Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner Joke About What's Missing fromMufasa: The Lion King: 'We Are Furious!' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Seth RogenandBilly Eichnerhave a bone to pick withLin-Manuel Miranda.

Despite Disney’s new musical prequelMufasa: The Lion Kingfeaturing original songs from Miranda, 44, the two actors reprising their roles as Pumbaa and Timon from the 2019 photorealisticLion Kingremake don’t get to join the singing action.

“Lin-Manuel Miranda had the audacity not to write us a song. And we are furious,” Eichner, 46, jokingly tells PEOPLE. “We were wanting to get a song in the movie.”

“I’m as good a singer as The Rock,” protests Rogen, 42, referring toDwayne Johnsonsinging Miranda’s tunes in 2016’sMoana. “That I will attest, that I maintain. So if The Rock’s getting multiple Lin-Manuel songs, I can get one.”

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“I agree,” says Eichner. “But we did manage a little musical moment.”

Lin-Manuel Miranda at the ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ Los Angeles premiere on Dec. 9.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

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“We improvised so much and a shocking amount of that ad libbing gets into the movie and then gets animated,” explains Eichner. Timon and Pumbaa’s impromptu duet, he adds, was one such moment.

“We improvised our own song,” says Rogen, quipping, “which I think Lin is going to take credit for.”

“I know,” says Eichner, joking that Miranda will “probably submit that for the Academy Awards. And then win based on our lyrics.”

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Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner on Dec. 11.Kate Green/Getty Images

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Singing Miranda’s songs in the musical prequel areAaron Pierre,Kelvin Harrison Jr., Tiffany Boone,Anika Noni Rose, Keith David and more. While he and Rogen may not have gotten a moment at the level of “Can You Feel the Love Tonight?” Eichner says he’s proud of the comedic duo’s “spontaneity” together in the voiceover booth, “which is pretty rare in this big epic Disney family movie. To have that type of kind of raw improv make it to the screen is pretty unusual.”

source: people.com