Who is simba in the lion king

In this version, during that famous last fight, Simba pushes Scar, who then clings to Pride Rock and asks for help. Simba goes to help his uncle, who in turn grabs his mane and pulls him off of the edge. Consequently, Simba falls, causing Scar to think that he is no longer alive. Jon Favreau, who was the director of the live-action The Jungle Book remake and plays Happy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, first met actor Donald Glover during a press roundtable in A few months later, as casting decisions started to be made for The Lion King remake, Favreau announced that Glover would play Simba.

One of the things that the remake of The Lion King fixed from the original version is the fact that, when lions are babies, their eyes are a different color. As such, the remake shows Simba as a baby with blue eyes, which is something that actually happens to young lions in the real world. As Simba grows up in The Lion King remake, he is then seen with the golden-brown eyes that we had come to know from the version.

Despite the fact that this is a very small change to the design of these characters, it certainly exemplifies the intention behind making the remake as realistic as possible. Born and raised in the Amazon, he now lives in South Florida. Jon Favreau. More like this. Watch options.

Storyline Edit. Mufasa prepares Simba to be the next king of the jungle. However, the naive Simba believes in his envious uncle Scar that wants to kill Mufasa and Simba to become the next king.

He lures Simba and his friend Nala to go to a forbidden place and they are attacked by hyenas but they are rescued by Mufasa.

Then Scar plots another scheme to kill Mufasa and Simba but the cub escapes alive and leaves the kingdom believing he was responsible for the death of his father. Now Scar becomes the king supported by the evil hyenas while Simba grows in a distant land. Sometime later, Nala meets Simba and tells that the kingdom has become a creepy wasteland. What will Simba do? The King Has Returned. Animation Adventure Drama Family Musical. Rated PG for sequences of violence and peril, and some thematic elements.

Did you know Edit. Trivia Jon Favreau revealed in an interview that he brought James Earl Jones back as the voice of Mufasa because: "I see it as carrying the legacy across.

Just hearing him say the lines is really moving and surreal, the timbre of his voice has changed. That served the role well because he sounds like a king who's ruled for a long time. Goofs Scar's cover-up of his murder of Mufasa leaves a gaping hole: he sends Zazu to get the pride for help, and after the stampede, claims to the pride that he didn't reach the gorge in time to help Simba and Mufasa. Zazu is implied to have been exiled from the pride after Scar's take-over given how the hyenas regularly try to eat him when he shows up , but considering Zazu still clearly regularly visited Pride Rock to relay information, it's a wonder how Scar's lie about not being able to make it to the gorge didn't get exposed by Zazu.

Quotes Mufasa : Everything you see - exists together in a delicate balance. Crazy credits The Disney logo has a hand-drawn animated design and resembles the s Disney logo, the same design used in Jon Favreau 's previous Disney film The Jungle Book User reviews 3K Review.

Top review. ZERO emotion, as if these actors didn't care or were just reading there lines in a room by them selves. This was just a travesty, a classic Why would you remove Jeremy Irons as Scar?? Why would you put emotionless actors as Simba, Nala etc.. Top cast Edit.

Matthew Broderick Simba as Simba voice. Jeremy Irons Scar as Scar voice. James Earl Jones Mufasa as Mufasa voice. Whoopi Goldberg Shenzi as Shenzi voice. Rowan Atkinson Zazu as Zazu voice. Jim Cummings Ed as Ed voice …. Robert Guillaume Rafiki as Rafiki voice.

Moira Kelly Nala as Nala voice. Nathan Lane Timon as Timon voice. Zoe Leader Sarafina as Sarafina voice. Cheech Marin Banzai as Banzai voice. Ernie Sabella Pumbaa as Pumbaa voice. Madge Sinclair Sarabi as Sarabi voice. Judi M. Roger Allers Rob Minkoff. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. A young lion prince is cast out of his pride by his cruel uncle, who claims he killed his father. While the uncle rules with an iron paw, the prince grows up beyond the Savannah, living by a philosophy: No worries for the rest of your days.

But when his past comes to haunt him, the young prince must decide his fate: Will he remain an outcast or face his demons and become what he needs to be? See it for the first time ever in 3D 3D re-release. Animation Adventure Drama Family Musical.

Did you know Edit. Trivia Frank Welker provided all the lion roars. Not a single recording of an actual lion roaring was used because the producers wanted specific sounding roars for each lion. Goofs The elephant skeletons would have to come from freakishly large elephants. Hyenas could not pass through the trunk socket of an elephant's skull. Quotes Adult Simba : I know what I have to do. Crazy credits There are no opening credits. The following changes were made to the film for this release: -This movie opens with "The Lion King: Special Edition" title card, following the Walt Disney Pictures logo.

Small details, such as the characters who had faces that were too small to be seen in the original had faces, were also added. User reviews 1. Top review.