Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Various Alternate Versions)

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Original Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr. audio

Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr. was originally going to play the role of Teetsi the Lion.

He mentioned he was going to be in the movie in this interview for The Dark Knight:

http://blackfilm.com/20080704/features/tommytinylester.shtml

He also mentioned being in the movie in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnSK5Kggz5Y

However, the character was instead played by Fred Tatasciore in the final cut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJWTf14OMXQ

There's no information on why he was suddenly replaced with another actor. Not only that but the studio has not released any of the audio.