Audio problem: Near the start when Mufasa says "let me explain" to Simba his mouth doesn't move.
The Lion King (2019)
1 audio problem
Directed by: Jon Favreau
Starring: Seth Rogen, Keegan-Michael Key, Donald Glover, John Kani
Other mistake: When Pumbaa is singing and they show him as a baby warthog farting in the water and killing the butterfly, it is actually a baby Red River hog that is portrayed.
Mufasa: You must take your place... in the circle of life.
Trivia: There's an homage to Beauty and the Beast as Timon starts singing: "It is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. And now we invite you to relax let us pull up a chair as the dining room proudly presents your dinner!" They then show Pumba as the dinner to the hyenas. Pumba was the distraction when Simba came back to the Pridelands. (01:45:00)
Question: Why was Chiwetel Ejiofor hired to voice Scar? Why didn't they hire David Oyelowo (who voiced Scar in The Lion Guard)?





Answer: None of the cast of The Lion Guard was cast in the film, so why would Oyelowo have been? Ejiofor was cast because, in the words of director Jon Favreau, he "is just a fantastic actor, who brings us a bit of the mid-Atlantic cadence and a new take on the character. He brings that feeling of a Shakespearean villain to bear because of his background as an actor. It's wonderful when you have somebody as experienced and seasoned as Chiwetel; he just breathes such wonderful life into this character."