Nathan Lane laughs when asked what he recalls about creating the role of Timon, the mischievous meerkat, in the 1994 animated film “The Lion King.” Timon, along with his happy-go-lucky warthog pal ...

The Lion King‘s “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” nearly sounded a whole lot different, according to Nathan Lane. The actor, who voiced the meerkat Timon alongside Ernie Sabella‘s warthog Pumbaa, ...

Elton John was not feeling the original choices in The Lion King to sing his Oscar-winning ballad, Can You Feel The Love Tonight? In an interview with Entertainment ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Timon standing in front of Pumbaa and covering his mouth in the Lion King. One of the most catchy and uplifting Disney songs is ...

“Originally, we sang the whole thing. Elton John was mortified that the warthog and the meerkat were singing it. He said, ‘The reason I wrote the score was because I wanted to have a Disney love song.