'Jungle Book' Star Neel Sethi on His Mowgli Audition

— -- Neel Sethi plays a young Indian boy raised by wolves in “The Jungle Book,” but the young actor’s audition for the movie had nothing to do with animals.

“They literally just wanted me to do a couple lines and I had to play imaginary tennis,” Neel, who plays Mowgli, told “Good Morning America” correspondent Rachel Smith during an interview at Tiger Mountain at the Bronx Zoo in New York.

“I showed a karate move and I said, ‘I don't need no stunt double,’” the 12-year-old recalled. “And they really, they started laughing.”

“The Jungle Book” is Neel's debut as an actor. He is also the only human character to appear onscreen in Disney’s live-action take on the Rudyard Kipling stories that inspired the 1967 classic animated film.

The animals and backdrops that surround Neel’s character in the movie are all motion-captured and CGI.

“There was no tigers, no animals, no nothing,” Neel said of filming the movie.

The young actor is ready to get back on the screen after “The Jungle Book.”

“I want to act a lot more,” Neel said. “I have some stuff in the works.”

“The Jungle Book,” which is produced by ABC News’ parent company Disney, opened in theaters on April 15.