Popsugar Entertainment Twitter Reactions Reactions to Scar in The Lion King Reboot Trailer We Finally Got a Glimpse of the New Lion King's Scar, and He's . . . Kind of a Letdown, TBH 10 April 2019 by Victoria Messina Image Source: Disney When you give the live-action adaptation treatment to a film as iconic as The Lion King, the pressure's on to please loyal fans who know the original version like the back of their hands. And it looks like some Disney diehards are already feeling let down with a major detail in the upcoming Lion King remake: the character of Scar. As soon as the film's first official trailer was released on April 10, viewers were quick to point out how the CGI rendering of Mufasa's younger brother looks and sounds nothing like the cartoon version from the original 1994 animated movie. Whereas the OG Scar has dark orange fur, a prominent goatee, a starkly contrasting black mane, and a creepy, menacing voice supplied by Jeremy Irons, the first glimpse at the 2019 version of Scar reveals a rather basic-looking lion with a receding hairline and un-intimidating voice supplied by 12 Years a Slave star Chiwetel Ejiofor. On the opposite end of the spectrum, a handful of other Lion King fans don't see what all the hubbub is about and think Scar looks and sounds adequately villainous as he opens the trailer by uttering, "Life's not fair, is it, my little friend? While some are born to feast, others spend their lives in the dark, begging for scraps." Watch the trailer below to decide for yourself whether you're feeling let down or excited by the new Scar, and then keep reading to see the mixed reactions from other Disney fanatics. Related: These Gorgeous Photos From The Lion King Reboot Are Truly a Sight to Behold Watch the First Full Trailer 1 / 32 Tons of Disney Movie Fans Were Displeased With the New CGI Scar When I saw Scar in the new Lion King trailer pic.twitter.com/mAGnIEUzj5— Paul (@doomboi_) April 10, 2019 2 / 32 That Lion King trailer gave me the absolute gooosebumps. Brought a man to his knees. Not sure if I can watch Mufasa’s death in live-action form....BUT....We need to talk about Scar 🙄— Zano Mthembu (@ZC_Mthembu) April 10, 2019 3 / 32 Scar in the new Lion King looks great pic.twitter.com/7NUAR6vXll— Nondescript account themed to Ben, or whatever (@B_Kling) April 10, 2019 4 / 32 I FUCKING LOVED THE NEW “THE LION KING” TRAILER, I TRULY DID LIKE IT’S MY FAV DISNEY MOVIE EVER!! BUT SCAR??? SCAR??? HE DOESN’T LOOK LIKE THE ONE IN THE 1994 FILM AND IT’S TRIGGERING ME pic.twitter.com/OC1Vtt7Afp— 𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔪𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔬𝔭 (@buckydxnvers) April 10, 2019 5 / 32 The new Lion King has cool yeens, but... Scar doesn't look anywhere near as distinctive as the original. Obviously some of that was always going to be lost in the RL styling, but did it have to be this much? Now he is just a thin lion. pic.twitter.com/bobA1H3CLP— 🐾 Fuzzy Yeenable! 🐾 (@Fuzzypaw) April 10, 2019 6 / 32 I'm all for the lion king remake, (mostly because of Donald Glover), but these two pictures highlight how having live action cartoon characters restricts the portrayal of emotion, I mean just look at the picture of scar in the original photo compared to the new one #TheLionKing pic.twitter.com/aFpREnNzY3— Alistair (@alip1118) April 10, 2019 7 / 32 So I just saw the #LionKing trailer and I felt absolutely nothing. It just didn’t feel like Lion King. Just some CGI cash grab from Disney reanimating the EXACT SAME movie. Also the voice of Scar just wasn’t intimidating for me. I’m just gonna stick to the animated version. pic.twitter.com/Xr7wiOAaYz— Jessica McCartney 💙🧩 (@JesslmcJessica) April 10, 2019 8 / 32 Just watched the new trailer for #TheLionKing remake and it made me even more mad about it. They made Scar sound wimpy and he doesn't even look like Scar. And they made the iconic tree painting look different. why couldn't they just leave this movie alone. The animated is perfect— Min Yoongi. Genius (@flameh_) April 10, 2019 9 / 32 part of me is super excited for the lion king movie bc the lion king is my fave disney movie alongside bambi but. this isn’t scar. why doesn’t he have a black mane and darker fur. if you showed this to someone they wouldn’t guess this was scar pic.twitter.com/JKJ2b3ycJA— 🌻Milo🔜FWA🌻 (@OatmeaIo) April 10, 2019 10 / 32 This version of Scar #TheLionKing pic.twitter.com/eJtpVcofnC— Karan Jetley (@karanjetley94) April 10, 2019 11 / 32 wow so scar is pretty much a basic ass lion in the live action lion king movie— tajh (@jellywisp) April 10, 2019 12 / 32 The new Scar voice pisses me off even more than the new Jafar voice. Jafar was a pretty cool villain, but Scar was kind of the best part of Lion King. His new voice sounds WAAAY too old, when he should be the sassy young brother.#LionKingTrailer pic.twitter.com/HEt5xaaItP— Guy (@GodAllMighty12) April 10, 2019 13 / 32 this is Scar everybody. y’know, Taka, aka Scar, the classic villain from the Lion King franchise. it’s Scar. I swear. this is Scar. pic.twitter.com/XPwL2IdION— Shilly 🌻 @ BLFC (@DDShillyshally) April 10, 2019 14 / 32 Some Couldn't Help but Wish Jeremy Irons Was Cast in the Remake The Lion King remake looks pretty cool, but I still think they should've brought back Jeremy Irons as Scar.— Chandler Spivey (@BrewmasterChan) April 10, 2019 15 / 32 I don’t understand why they brought back James Earl Jones but not Jeremy Irons for the Lion King remake. Irons Scar was equally as iconic— Danny 🇾🇪 (@danpetermoore) April 10, 2019 16 / 32 Like I’m stoked to hear more of what Chiwetel Ejiofor is gonna do with Scar but I just love Irons’ rendition so much I can’t let go lol— Rebecca (@StillRebeccaa) April 10, 2019 17 / 32 I don’t understand why didn’t bring back Jeremy Irons to voice Scar in the new Lion King Chiwetel Ejiofir sounds awful. Hell even James Earl Jones doesn’t like what he used to. Also Mark Hamill should’ve been cast as one of the hyenas— Nick Shirley (@Nickshirley12) April 10, 2019 18 / 32 Me still mad that Jeremy Irons isn't voicing Scar. #TheLionKing pic.twitter.com/9WDq7u1jVC— Quwn 💫✨ (@Q_Corleone) April 10, 2019 19 / 32 No disrespect to Chiwetel Ejiofor but Jeremy Irons had the best Scar voice in #TheLionKing pic.twitter.com/wcjbVW35z3— Iliesa (@mataiono) April 10, 2019 20 / 32 Just watched the new Lion King trailer... soz but Scar doesn’t sound nearly threatening enough. Yall messed up by not getting Jeremy Irons back— Shaks 🤷🏽♂️ (@ShakesSampson) April 10, 2019 21 / 32 Others Were Totally on Board With the Updated Version of Scar What the problem with Scar!? As a Lion King PURIST, I have zero issues with the way Scar looks. Could his "SCAR" be more defined? Sure. But I think he looks great besides that...— Alex Musibay (@ANM90) April 10, 2019 22 / 32 The new trailer of the new animated Lion King came out, pretty cool. Scar’s looking amazing— CrazyLunatic (@CrazyLunatic_) April 10, 2019 23 / 32 Dude scar looks creepy in the new trailer for lion King. I'm not sure if it's because of how realistic it looks or his voice or what.— Peter Pan (@ppan1995) April 10, 2019 24 / 32 People don't seem happy with the Lion King trailer lmao. Yikes.I'm here for Chiwitel playing Scar though. Sure, his voice doesn't have the menace that Jezza's had, but it's deep AF and I'm a sucker for a deep voice idc idc idc.— Stephanie Yeboah (@NerdAboutTown) April 10, 2019 25 / 32 Scar looks fine to me. Real Lions arent as dark as the one in the original and they've gone for a realistic approach with this movie . Everything else looks like him and the voice actor sounds great too.— Tony (@wxckedtongue) April 10, 2019 26 / 32 The Lion King releases its first look at Scar... and if I didn’t know this was live action, I would have thought that was 100% a real lion. He looks menacing 👏🏾 pic.twitter.com/Qase0J4A8g— Coach X (@xavierjwarner) April 10, 2019 27 / 32 I know it’s a little wrong but I love Scar. Also the line ‘You must take your place in the circle of life’ CHILLS https://t.co/JndTvzSngM— Sarah Packer (@Sarah_EmilyP) April 10, 2019 28 / 32 OMG. I'm literally crying right now. The music! The voices! SCAR!! I love the new dialogue. I love everything about this movie. 😭— Kazi Lion (@Sarakazi) April 10, 2019 29 / 32 THE NEW LION KING TRAILER IS OUT AND I LITERALLY STARTED CRYING THIS MOVIE MEANT THE WORLD TO ME AND WAS THE REASON I STARTED DRAWING SO I CANT BELIEVE ITS SO BEAUTIFUL. IM DYING. LOOK AT HOW COOL SCAR IS. #TheLionKing pic.twitter.com/9hkQJCEMfY— racer 🏁 (@paigethemessiah) April 10, 2019 30 / 32 And Some Are Down to Settle All in the Name of Reliving the Disney Classic Okay, this wasn't the Scar that I was expecting, but I'll take it. #TheLionKing #Scar pic.twitter.com/czxiMlp4jN— Justin #TheMovieMan Tang (@MovieMan1989) April 10, 2019 31 / 32 Not sure Scar's voice is menacing enough but I still predict I'll go see this approx. 300 times. https://t.co/d2GnlRYk1r— Jay Jaffa (@jayjaffa) April 10, 2019 32 / 32 Twitter ReactionsThe Lion KingNostalgiaMovies