I've been doing some more researching and found a rather interesting tidbit. Apparently Meryl Streep was to voice a character in the movie. This came from the Dec 20, 1992 edition of Newsday, which I assume is a reliable newspaper. An excerpt is below and the original article is here: http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/acc ... MTS=ABS:FT You have to pay to get the whole 878-word article, but the snippet that concerns the Lion King is available for free. You have to look closely, all the text is squeezed together. Had anyone heard this and, if so, do we know what role she was going to have?
[quote]NATHAN LANE] spent six weeks in Toronto filming "Life With Mickey" opposite Michael J. Fox and Cyndi Lauper. Lane and Fox play brothers who run a children's talent agency - for talentless children. Nathan also just wrapped Disney's animated musical, "The Lion King." This features songs by Elton John and Tim Rice and includes the voices of Meryl Streep, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons and Matthew Broderick. Nathan provides the voice of Timon, the meerkat - which is not quite a mongoose, but close. [/quote]