by Captain Cupcake » April 14th, 2017, 7:44 am
I think he's a pretty good fit for the role. At least for what we saw.
Admittedly, with that voice and the demeanor they gave him, it's a bit difficult to picture Simba as a full-fledged, regal and commanding king later down the line (and that's even with a DTV sequel already giving us a glimpse of this). However, that isn't really a problem. He was intentionally designed to be this young, uncertain and lost individual, and out of the people that auditioned for the role, Broderick's voice and performance was most likely the sort they were gunning for with this particular character.
Had the film required him to be a more dominating and confident figure like his father, then someone else would have probably been better suited for the role, but with the story they were trying to tell, he was fine. Simba's the kind of character where his later years are best left to the imagination.