At one point Scar owned a pet python as a sidekick, but this character was abandoned. The writers eventually decided that making Scar and Mufasa brothers would make the film more interesting. After this plot was abandoned, Scar was re-written into a rogue lion lacking any blood relation to both Mufasa and Simba. The original plot of The Lion King revolved around a rivalry between lions and baboons. Meanwhile, The Weekobserved that although both characters ultimately die, Claudius is killed by protagonist Hamlet while Scar dies "at the hand of his former hyena minions, and not Simba himself." Additionally, the character shares similarities with Iago from Shakespeare's play Othello both antagonists are skilled in exploiting their victims' fears. consumed by anxiety and guilt," Scar very much "delight in his monstrosity " both characters are motivated by jealousy. According to Slate, while Claudius is mostly "a second-rate schemer . Although first citing these similarities as initially unintentional, director Rob Minkoff always felt it was essential "to anchor with something familiar." As directors, Minkoff and Roger Allers aspired to create "an animal picture based in a more natural setting," describing the film as "More true-life adventure than mythical epic." Although not the first Disney film to have been inspired by Shakespeare's work, The Lion King remains the studio's most prominent example due to close parallels between its characters and Hamlet, while both stories revolve around main characters who struggle to come to terms with the reality that they must confront their treacherous uncles and avenge their fathers' deaths. Disch's treatment and William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. The film was eventually pitched to Disney executives, one of whom was among the first to observe similarities between author Thomas M. The Lion King was first conceived in 1988. He has also been ranked among the greatest villains in film history by Digital Spyand Entertainment Weekly.ĭevelopment Conception and influences Nevertheless, Scar continues to be revered as one of Disney's greatest villains by various media publications, topping The Huffington Post’s list and ranking within the top ten of similar lists published by Yahoo! Movies, the Orlando Sentinel, E! and CNN. However, Scar's violence, dark color palette and allegedly effeminate mannerisms were initially met with mild controversy. voicing him in follow-up film.Īs a character, Scar has garnered widespread acclaim from film critics, who greeted Irons' vocal performance with equal enthusiasm. Chiwetel Ejiofor voices the photorealistic version of the character in the CGI remake of the 1994 film with Kelvin Harrison Jr. Before Irons was cast, the directors had considered offering the role to actors Tim Curry and Malcolm McDowell. As the character's supervising animator, Deja based Scar's appearance on that of original voice actor Jeremy Irons, as well as the actor's Academy Award-winning performance as Claus von Bülow in Reversal of Fortune(1990).
Loosely based on King Claudius, the main antagonist of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Scar's villainy was additionally inspired by Adolf Hitler. Originally first-in-line to Mufasa's throne until he is suddenly replaced by Mufasa's son Simba, Scar decides to lead an army of hyenas in his plot to take the throne by killing Mufasa and exiling Simba, ultimately blaming his brother's death on his nephew. Scar is introduced in the first film as the ruthless, power-hungry younger brother of Mufasa, ruler of the Pride Lands. He was created in 1989 by screenwriters Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, and Linda Woolverton, and animated by Andreas Deja. Scar is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Disney's The Lion King franchise. Heir to the Throne of Pride Rock (formerly) ( Kingdom Hearts II and Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom) ( The Lion King, singing and The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, speaking)
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