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'You can make it a dreamlike experience as seen through the eyes of a child' Jon Favreau reveals how he updated The Jungle Book

'We fooled people into believing they were seeing a real jungle - it was all filmed indoors in Los Angeles' The Jungle Book director Jon Favreau tells Lauren Laverne how he's updated the Disney classic.

The all new live-action adventure of man-cub Mowgli is released on 15th April and stars Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Scarlett Johansson and Idris Elba. Jon tells us how he drew inspiration from both the 1967 animated film and Kipling's original stories.

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6 minutes