Movies See The Lion King characters and cast in the remake vs. the original By Caroline Tew Caroline Tew Books connoisseur and lover of TV. Harvard. Twitter: @caroline_tew EW's editorial guidelines and Lauren Morgan Lauren Morgan Lauren Morgan is a former senior photo editor at Entertainment Weekly. She left EW in 2023. EW's editorial guidelines Published on July 14, 2019 02:18PM EDT Trending Videos Close this video player 01 of 25 Disney (2) Disney's photorealistic remake of 1994's The Lion King is out. Although the story and songs remain nearly unchanged, the beloved characters have all-new looks and new big-name voices behind them (well, except for one—we see you James Earl Jones!). Let's take a look at how the characters and actors have changed between the animated classic and the current version. 02 of 25 Donald Glover as adult Simba D Dipasupil/FilmMagic; Disney 03 of 25 Matthew Broderick as adult Simba David M. Benett/Getty Images; Disney 04 of 25 Beyoncé as adult Nala John Lamparski/WireImage; Disney 05 of 25 Moira Kelly as adult Nala Jason Merritt/Getty Images; Disney 06 of 25 JD McCrary as young Simba Jesse Grant/Getty; Disney 07 of 25 Jonathan Taylor Thomas as young Simba J. P. Aussenard/WireImage; Disney 08 of 25 Shahadi Wright Joseph as young Nala ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty; Disney 09 of 25 Niketa Calame-Harris as young Nala Jesse Grant/Getty; Disney 10 of 25 James Earl Jones as Mufasa ; Disney 11 of 25 James Earl Jones as Mufasa Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images; Disney 12 of 25 John Oliver as Zazu Gary Gershoff/WireImage; Disney 13 of 25 Rowan Atkinson as Zazu ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images; Disney 14 of 25 Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar Karwai Tang/WireImage; Disney 15 of 25 Jeremy Irons as Scar Jordi Vidal/WireImage; Disney 16 of 25 Seth Rogan as Pumbaa Frazer Harrison/Getty Images; Disney 17 of 25 Ernie Sabella as Pumbaa Walter McBride/WireImage; Disney 18 of 25 Billy Eichner as Timon Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images; Disney 19 of 25 Nathan Lane as Timon Bruce Glikas/WireImage; Disney 20 of 25 Alfre Woodard as Sarabi ; Disney 21 of 25 Madge Sinclair as Sarabi Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images; Disney 22 of 25 John Kani as Rafiki Robbie Jack/Corbis via Getty Images; Disney 23 of 25 Robert Guillaume as Rafiki Alberto E. Rodriguez/WireImage; Disney 24 of 25 Whoopi Goldberg, Jim Cummings, and Cheech Marin as the hyenas Buena Vista Pictures/ Everett Collection; Gary Gershoff/Getty; Taylor Hill/Getty; Jeff Spicer/FilmMagic 25 of 25 Eric Andre, Keegan-Michael Key, and Florence Kasumba as the hyenas Disney (2)