Script
Audition Central: Disney's The Lion King JR.
Script: Zazu
SIDE 1
ZAZU
Step lively! The sooner we get to the waterhole, the sooner we can leave!
(SIMBA and NALA whisper conspiratorially.)
YOUNG NALA
So where're we really goin'?
YOUNG SIMBA
An elephant graveyard.
YOUNG NALA
(loudly)
Wow!
YOUNG SIMBA
Shhhh! Zazu...
YOUNG NALA
Right. So how're we gonna ditch the dodo?
(YOUNG SIMBA and YOUNG NALA huddle. ZAZU, thrilled, flies to them.)
ZAZU
Oh, just look! Little seeds of romance blossoming in the savanna! And one day you two will be married!
YOUNG SIMBA, YOUNG NALA
Yuck! Eewwww!
YOUNG SIMBA
I can't marry her. She's my friend.
YOUNG NALA
Yeah. It'd be too weird.
ZAZU
Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but you two turtle doves have no choice. It's a tradition going back generations.
YOUNG SIMBA
Well, when I'm king, that'll be the first thing to go.
ZAZU
Not as long as I'm around.
YOUNG SIMBA
In that case, you're fired.
ZAZU
Nice try. But only the king can do that.
YOUNG NALA
Well, he is the future king.
YOUNG SIMBA
Yeah! So you have to do what I tell you!
ZAZU
Not yet , I don't! And with an attitude like that, I'm afraid you will be a pretty pathetic king, indeed!
YOUNG SIMBA
Not the way I see it!