What's the Difference between Hamlet the Book and The Lion King the Movie?
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
Hamlet
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Simba
Portrayed by: Matthew Broderick & Jonathan Taylor Thomas
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Ophelia
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Nala
Portrayed by: Moira Kelly
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King Hamlet Sr.
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Mufasa
Portrayed by: James Earl Jones
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Claudius
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Scar
Portrayed by: Jeremy Irons
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Gertrude
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Sarabi
Portrayed by: Madge Sinclair
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Polonius
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Zazu
Portrayed by: Rowan Atkinson
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Rosencrantz
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Pumbaa
Portrayed by: Ernie Sabella
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Guildenstern
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Timon
Portrayed by: Nathan Lane
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Laertes
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Shenzi, Banzai, Ed
Portrayed by: Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, Jim Cummings
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Horatio
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Rafiki
Portrayed by: Robert Guillaume
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The Gravedigger
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This Character does not appear.
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The Lion King Book vs Movie
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
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In the beginning, Claudius has already killed the King |
Scar pushes Mufasa into a stampede from a high ledge |
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are serious friends of Hamlet's. |
Pumbaa and Timon are comedy routine s
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Hamlet kills Polonius by accident |
Zazu lives. Though Simba loves Joking and teasing Zazu |
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Rafiki is a wise mysterious mandrill |
Horatio is a truent disposition
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Hamlet dies |
Simba becomes king and lives |