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Fantine

Fave character?

I am wondering who everyone's fave character is. I really like Nala, she was such a strong and wise character in the production I saw Smile
flying_pigs

Timone and Pummba were awesome when I saw it, ditto Scar.

In the movie I love the hyenas!

In fact, all the characters are great!
Fantine

I really love the Hyena's too. They were better comic relief than Timon and Pumbaa in my opinion. So was Zazu, I loved him. The puppet really lived.
actor05

I must say my favorites were Zazu and Scar. (Also they would be my dream roles if I were to audition for this show.)
Roaming Tigress

As a villain loving gal -- my favortie is Scar. I love the character in the movie and even more in the stage version.
RyanJ

RAFIKI!

I love that monkey...baboon? Eh...let's go with primate.
Fantine

It's supposed to be a baboon... Though I'm not too sure of that in the musical, lol.

I also love Scar in the movie... But the actor I saw wasn't too great so... I do love his song though. It's brilliant.
The_Wicked

I love adult Simba. His songs are just so powerful. If I could hit the ending note of "Endless Night" I would totally audition with that. Zazu rather irritates me. "The Morning Report" is just so blah in my opinion.
pkitty663

The_Wicked wrote:
Zazu rather irritates me. "The Morning Report" is just so blah in my opinion.


Yeah I agree with you on that...I really wish they would have had Nala's song in the cartoon instead of that one...I mean it literally has no purpose in the story except for him blabbering on like he always does...I personally like Shadowland...the first time I saw it and heard it, it sent chills down my spine. It still does. But I'm going with you on this one...I am not a Zazu fan myself...he seemed so annoying and just utterly intolerable in my opinion.
Sammy_beck

I loved the hyenas, scar, and nala when I saw it on Broadway
MademoiselleMusicals

Nala!!!! She kicks butt.

But I also think Zazu is fun and of course the grusome twosome that is... Timon and Pumba
Quote:

He found his aroma lacked a certain appeal
He could clear the savannah after every meal

I'm a sensitive soul though I seem thick-skinned
And it hurt that my friends never stood downwind
And oh, the shame He was ashamed
Thought of changin' my name What's in a name?
And I got downhearted How did ya feel?
Everytime that I...

Hey! Pumbaa! Not in front of the kids!
Oh. Sorry
Applause

This is class.
Pawzxx

scar....so evil, so cool lol! hehe Cool
Fantine

I've seen the production twice now and I sat closer by this time and I must say that Scar is much better when closer to the stage.

I think that he and Zazu are my favourites now.
MademoiselleMusicals

Scar is the most evilist villain ever! Love him as well lol Laughing
Reds

Nala is Awesome and Scar is so evil it is scary.
Gazelle

Zazu ofcourse!! i loved the make up and costume that came with the role. And a big plus for the puppet! (who i miss working with... haha)
Sammy_beck

Wow! That's a hard one for me because I love all of the characters. I really liked Scar and Nala in the production I saw but I loved Rafiki, the hyenas, and Zazu.
Gazelle

Oh, yeah! The hyena's kick arse! So there high up there on my list too
<3Wilson<3

Hyenas hands down.
Tiny-Tot

I love Nala. And Scar is a great villian.
broadwaybelle22

I love Simba

Endless night makes me cry all the time when I listen to it. It's so powerful and Jason Raize does it so well. So Simba is my favorite character. Unfortunatly, and ironicly, Jason Raize comitted sucide. I know, it was a tragedy.
beck

Rafkiki. Rafiki. Rafiki. He's powerful, but not like Mufasa, he's powerful in a non obvious way. And i think you would get the biggest african feel from Rafiki. I like his costume best too.
Fantine

Only, Rafiki is a she.
beck

Fantine wrote:
Only, Rafiki is a she.


well yes, in the show. i havnt ever seen the show, only pictures..so i'm bound to say that Rafiki is a boy from what I've seen in the movie.
Mamela*

My favorite character~

My favorite character is actually Scar. that is in the musical. In the movie of course it's Simba. But i've always liked Scar, i dunno why.
Gwen

Fantine wrote:
It's supposed to be a baboon... Though I'm not too sure of that in the musical, lol.
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Rafiki isn't a baboon actually...when I look it up (from the dvd,) I'll come back and say what it was....I used to know but I can't remember at the moment...
xsophiex

nala =)
phantomphan85

Simba. I named my cat after him!
shakalakababy

I've always been partial to Timone and Pumba Very Happy
Br1an

Nala might not have been my favorite until I saw her performed by Alexia Khadime in London - totally outstanding.
So many great performances in the show, but Alexia stole the show for me
ActingDude17

I might have only seen the show once, but I think that Mufasa and Scar have to be my favorite characters.

Don Donahue did such a good job portraying the scarred lion. I like Scar because somehow he just has that...something that makes him a good villain. The character is funny sometimes (Madness of King Scar), evil, cunning, and has many solos.

Mufasa is the father figure and even though he's mostly only in Act 1, his character is extremely important to the story.

I know that seemed more like a character description, but I just said why I liked each character.
Emma Elfeirr

It's hard to say, but I really liked Adult Nala when I saw it. Maybe it was because the actress was so nice when I talked to her after the show.

Also, Rafiki was hilarious. I was completely shocked to find that an extremely small woman had played the part. I barely recognized her afterwards when we were talking to some of the cast members. I mean, WOAH. But anyway...
pish123c

The Hyenas, duhhh!!!


Funny and frightening all at the same time, plus when I saw it on tour, the woman playing Shenzi (the female Hyena) was just remarkable!
xalexx543x

Rafiki is amazing in the Broadway show. Didnt like him as much in the movie. Love the gender change!
EponineMNFF

I like adult Nala (she was something of a role model to me when I was little and used to watch the movie) and Sarabi!
RainbowJude

Rafiki

RyanJ wrote:
RAFIKI! I love that monkey... baboon? Eh...let's go with primate.

Fantine wrote:
It's supposed to be a baboon.

Gwen wrote:
Rafiki isn't a baboon actually... I used to know (what s/he was) but I can't remember at the moment.


Rafiki is supposed to be a mandrill. This is clear in the facial colouring in both the film and the show. In the film, however, Rafiki does not have the crested forehead that is typical of mandrills and, furthermore, he has a long tail, which mandrills do not have but which baboons do. So it's easy to be confused. In the stage show, both the these inaccuracies are solved in the design of the costume for the (female) Rafiki.

I suppose my favourite character is Rafiki too. I love the song "The Circle of Life" both in the stage version and on film. I think it's an incredibly powerful moment in both media.

Later days
David
Sweeney Hyde

Scar without a doubt.
broadwaybelle22

I have to say Scar. He is such an evil villain, and thinks things out until the very end. He is only second to Simba, who I love with my whole heart(especially when he was played on broadway by Jason Raize). I think he is such a strong character.
broadwaybelle22

Re: I love Simba

broadwaybelle22 wrote:
Endless night makes me cry all the time when I listen to it. It's so powerful and Jason Raize does it so well. So Simba is my favorite character. Unfortunatly, and ironicly, Jason Raize comitted sucide. I know, it was a tragedy.






Wow, I didn't know that I had already posted here. Weird. Well, since July 2006 my opinions have changed.
*BroadwayLights*

I love Simba. When he is an adult.
Atraielees

When I was little watching the movie, falling in love with it, I was always a fan of young Simba. (and not cause of JTT, I don't think I even knew who he was then) And Simba will always be my favorite, cause of the sentmental attachmet and cause he's just such a great character. However I do love Rafiki so much, I can do his whole scene word for word when he meets adult Simba. Adult Nala is just amazing, and I always 'cast' as her whenever I'm at Disney's Califorina Adventure in the Animation place doing the character quize (in the Beast's library) And last but not least Mufasa!!! I mean come on, in the movie...it's freaking Darth Vader (lmao!!) Anyways, there you have it. By the way, this is my first post here(on the Lion King forum), hi everyone!! Smile
Flamy

My favourite is Nala.
She is something like role model for me. Maybe.
johnnydepp fan :)

i love.........

hi peeps i realy love kiara shes strong cute and awsom keep writing Wink
musikal_geek

Re: i love.........

johnnydepp fan Smile wrote:
hi peeps i realy love kiara shes strong cute and awsom keep writing Wink


Hey Peep.
Please don't call us Peeps.
Kiara is not in the musical. Or the movie. Only the sequel.
Lawliet

Timone is awesome, so i'd say that's my favorite.
blu486

Timon was my favorite. I loved it (when I saw it touring) when he got off the person acting as a plant and said "Thank you". Very Happy
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