Real Life Simba! Meet Lioness Bahati, The Cute Cub That Inspired Design For Simba Of Disney’s Remake Of 'The Lion King'
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Real Life Simba! Meet Lioness Bahati, The Cute Cub That Inspired Design For Simba Of Disney’s Remake Of 'The Lion King'
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Most of our childhood memories would not be complete without mentioning the iconic ‘Lion King’ animation.
Luckily, we get to go down memory lane in style thanks to Disney’s 2019 remake of the animal kingdom inspired movie.
The film featured the creme de la creme of the industry as its cast, such as Beyoncé, James Earl Jones, Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Although the remake followed the same storyline of the original production, it was realness in the live-action that impressed fans. In its first week of release, it earned $275 million and topped the box office charts.
What you may not know is that it was actually a real animal that inspired the design for the main hero of the movie.
Real-life Simba!
If you have watched the remake, you must have been wowed by the cuteness and accuracy of lions depicted by the character. Well, all that was made possible thanks to lioness Bahati!
Bahati is one of the lions of Dallas Zoo that served as a model for Simba in the movie.
As revealed by Daily Mail, the fierce lioness was only a month-old when the animators of Disney began watching her every move.