Len Cariou

I was a boy soprano. I had a natural kind of voice and then trained it after my voice changed.

I grew up in Winnipeg, in the Canadian midwest, the fifth child. It was a great household to grow up in - I was loved to sweet death.

My mother was a singer, and both of her sisters were singers. There was always music around.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.

I don't think they're going to pay me to play Mufasa.

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.