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Jonathan Taylor Thomas hasn't appeared in any production since 2015, so he is pretty much retired. He has chosen to live a life outside the spotlight, with no plans to make a comeback.

Also, Favreau wanted to honour the fact that this is a film set in Africa, so he chose actors of African descent (though none of them actually African) for the main lion roles.

Jon Favreau has recently revealed via his Instragram that the opening shot of the sunrise is the only live action shot in the movie.

Actually, Zazu wouldn't honestly say that Scar was lying; he left Scar at the gorge, but for all he knows, when Scar talks about not getting to the gorge in time, Scar could just mean that he couldn't find a safe path into the gorge to help Mufasa and Simba escape.

It might have been that because they weren't created for the original film, it was best to not say their names. Their names could've also been left unsaid for time constraints.

There are two versions of his backstory. He was called Taka in one and Askari in the other.