The Lion King cast: Eminem, Cardi B and more audition in SNL sketch

Disney is fond of signing up trending celebrities to the voice casts of its animated films, so Saturday Night Live decided to imagine what some of the other auditions might have looked like at the weekend.

In a featurette-esque 'Lion King screen tests' sketch, the show's cast took on a variety of actors and musicians, who all brought their idiosyncrasies to the Pride Lands of Africa.

Nick Offerman gave a very dry and stoic hyena, Kit Harington just couldn't wait to be king (in the North), James Corden was nauseatingly cheery and Oprah interviewed Simba.

The funniest 'auditions' came with the rappers, though, the betrothed Cardi B and Offset phoning it in, LL Cool J gesticulating like only he can and Eminem pacing the set like it was a rap battle.

The actual cast for Jon Favreau's 2019 CGI remake is pretty stellar, featuring Beyoncé, Donald Glover, James Earl Jones, Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Oliver, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, Eric Andre and Keegan-Michael Key.

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