![]() Nathan Lane is a legend and a tough act to follow, but if Eichner can reign in his crazy for a more grounded neurotic performance (there is neurotic, and the there’s Eichner neurotic), he could easily honour the role of Timon. I mean, Pumbaa wasn’t super great to begin with, but Seth Rogen as Pumbaa is a hard pass from me. He almost single-handedly ruined Sausage Party for me, so thank God he’s only voicing a side character. His voice is grating and when disembodied from his expressive real life self, all you’re left with is an unceasing guttural noise. Free tip for anyone working in animation: Don’t hire Seth Rogen to do voice work. The only casting choice I outright despise. He also had this vaguely unhealthy obsequiousness to him that never gets examined. He felt too much like a standard issue wise old master shaman guy. He was fine for his role in Captain America: Civil War, but honestly, I was never a big Rafiki guy. I cannot wait to see him bounce off this movie’s Scar. Also, Zazu’s role is mostly to be exasperated at everything that is happening, and Oliver can deliver that sense of frantic fear that everything is falling apart with aplomb. John Oliver just has an incredible sense of comedic timing and a natural talent for voice acting. Not much else to say here, Simba’s mom wasn’t exactly a character with a large role. Obviously “Be Prepared” is getting adapted, but I hope to God they also adapt the stage musical exclusive “Madness of King Scar” as that is a wonderful song that I relate to on a personal level (except for the end bit obviously).Ī dignified actress playing a dignified character. Less the intellectual and physical opposite to his brother, and more the wannabe despot who doesn’t quite measure up. I also have to accept that this probably won’t be the same Scar as before, it will be one who may not have the same larger than life presence as Mufusa, but could be imposing in his own way. This performance he gave in Kinky Boots definitely put my original fears at ease however, as his voice can reach this menacing tone even as he sings. He had this wonderful, entitled, nasally, and condescending quality to his voice that will be incredibly hard to replicate with an actor with as powerful a voice as Ejiofor. I’ve always loved Scar as a character, and a lot of that had to do with Jeremy Irons’ performance in the original. This casting choice to me holds the most importance. I’m not complaining, even a JEJ past his prime is still amazing, but there’s not exactly much to speculate on here. how great James Earl Jones was in the original movie? Ya? He’ll do that again in this film, only slightly worse like his performance as Darth Vader in Rogue One. Honestly though, if she does only sing the few verses Nala had in the original film, I’m sure Beyoncé will kill it. I… don’t know much about Beyoncé as an actress (I haven’t seen Dreamgirls) but I do think her casting will likely mean more singing bits for Nala since she really only had one part of “Can You Feel The Love Tonight”. In short, it’s gonna be great as things often are with Glover. As for Simba’s character, I have a strong feeling he can convey the same tone as Matthew Broderick in his role as Simba, that of a young adult coming to terms with having real responsibilities for the first time. Also, I don’t even need to tell you he’s got the singing part down as well. Just from his brief role on Adventure Time as Marshall Lee the vampire you could already tell that he kicks ass at this voice acting thing on top of everything else. It’s common knowledge these days that Donald Glover is insanely talented, and it should come as no surprise that he kind of rocks as a voice actor too. That doesn’t mean that I’m an elitist who thinks it’s also an unimpeachable classic that should never get remade, which means Disney’s in luck! I’m super excited for this remake and I can’t stand the fact that it’s coming out in 2019, so in the mean time I’m going to write about my thoughts on it, like what I think of the cast. It’s a movie with an enormous amount of ambition, and heart and I’ll love it forever. Everything a I love about it can be experienced in the song “Be Prepared”, which is still my favourite song period. It has so much style and grace, and the score is absolutely incredible. ![]() I’ve written gushingly about it before on this site, and I while I realize it probably isn’t the best Disney musical of all time, it certainly is my favourite.
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