Meghan Markle has collaborated with Walt Disney Studios for a film on elephants after stepping down from her royal duties.
The 38-year-old Duchess will narrate the movie and she talked about it in a Disney interview which was filmed last summer that aired on Good Morning America on Monday.
She said: “I am really grateful to be able to bring this story of elephants to life. I’ve been really lucky to be able to have hands-on experience with elephants in their natural habitat. When you spend time connecting to them in their wildlife you understand that we have a role to play in their preservation and their safety.”
“These creatures are so majestic and at the same time, they are so sensitive and so connected. You see in this film just how remarkable they are. Their memories are amazing, the close connection of the herd, the protectiveness of their young — I think they are a lot more like us than they are different.”
The Duchess said that people would feel the connection to the elephants while watching the movie. She continued, “I hope that when people see this film they realize how connected we all are and if we had more of an awareness about the obstacles they are facing we would take care of each other, this planet and these animals in a very different way.”
Meghan and Harry both are animal lovers and they have supported the majestic animals. In 2017, the couple travelled to the African country of Botswana and assisted Dr. Mike Chase of Elephants Without Borders.
Meghan got some knowledge about the documentary through her mutual friends of Dr. Chase. After knowing about Meghan’s passion for animals, the filmmakers, Mark Linfield and Vanessa Berlowitz decided to approach her last summer and asked her about doing the narration.
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Meghan has already recorded her narration part back in October 2019. Harry had also joined her to the studio. “She had a small child,” Berlowitz said. “You could totally tell she was identifying with [elephants] Shani and Jojo, and keeping little ones in tow. She felt like a normal mom going through the normal trials and tribulations of bringing up a baby. Like one of us.”
“It was amazing having [Harry] there,” she continued. ‘’He had a connection to Botswana, of course. The Duke of Sussex had his own Hollywood moment on set. He provided a little direction, from, as he put it “the cheap seats.”
Linfield said that Harry helped Meghan in her pronunciation and the Duchess did some improvision also. “Harry was correcting her pronunciation!” Linfield said with a laugh.
“She made it her own,” Conli said. “I always say, ‘If you feel something, do it, make it organic.’ She’s such a diligent professional and she wanted to get it right. It was a delight all the way around.”
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