An early peek at 'The Jungle Book,' new Disney live-action remake of Kipling classic

Apart from Raksha, they’re basically all male. I just think Kaa was the laziest of all the characters to genderswitch - the sly, seductive and deceptive one. Only the wolves act in a way that would reveal their gender, so you shouldn’t need to carry over human gender stereotypes or change the story at all in order to switch them. @KarlS I was mainly thinking of Bagheera too, although I do like Ben Kingsley as an actor.