The Lion King
Be prepared for a very different - looking Scar inThe Lion Kingremake . Any Disney moving picture is only ever as good as its scoundrel ( or , in the new geological era , home difference of opinion ) , so it ’s hardly surprisingThe Lion Kingis regarded as one of the very best : Scar was inhuman , look , brutal , striking and yet incredibly flawed .
In the 1994 original , Scar was voiced by Jeremy Irons , whose silky English accent allow the most roundabout uncle this side of Claudius . InThe Lion Kingremake , the responsibility of bringing Scar to life falls onChiwetel Ejiofor , Oscar - make star of12 Years A Slave . After much prediction - and a teaser selling crusade focused heavily on James Earl Jones ' return as Mufasa - thenew trailer forThe Lion Kingprovides a prospect to see and hear the raw Scar and , good to say , there are some differences .
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In the originalLion King , Mufasa ’s younger brother Scar is distinct among the pride , with a slight face , goatee - similar whiskers , dark orange fur , toothsome black mane and , of course , perfectly placed scratch over his remaining centre . That namesake injury ( the fact he was on the face of it make after it was explained in a tie - in comic ) , scraggly work up and refined facial whisker remain inThe Lion King2019 , but otherwise the Scar voiced by Ejiofor is a very unlike savage . His pelt is unclouded atomic number 79 and mane thin and scraggly , still unnerve but in a decidedly different way .
While this may be initially surprising , it ’s only to be bear give Jon Favreau ’s approach withThe Lion King . Scar is a chum to Mufasa , after all , so him being an altogether unlike color - something in the original to highlight his villainy - would be a footstep outside the reality the film is going for ( andDisney ’s desire for remakesto address previous concerns about their story ) . And with that in nous , make him more the runt of the pack , a creature whose perspective add up not just from lack of birthright ( nature ) but also the sprightliness he ’s live so far ( nurture ) makes for a much more compelling antagonist build who ’d utilize his brains to seize power .
Indeed , The Lion King ’s Modern Scar is very much in the venous blood vessel of what Favreau did withThe Jungle Bookin 2016 , redesigning the extremely - anthropomorphized characters to be somewhat believable . Sat alongside Baloo or King Louie , this Scar is rather close to the reservoir . Conversely , a strange closeness to the original has been a detail of literary criticism overWill Smith ’s formidable spicy GenieinAladdin .
Based on both Ejiofor ’s menacing origin bringing and Scar ’s general presence in the trailer , it does n’t look like the redesign has lost much of the character . It ’s still very hard to get a right curl onThe Lion King- aside from " Circle of Life " , none of the songs have been uncover for one - but when it comes to the villain , you could finger the love in bringing him to lifespan .
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