10 Deleted Scenes That Explain Movie Character Backstories

The owner of the sexiest eyes in all of animation, Nala is Simba's childhood friend and eventual love interest in Disney's The Lion King.

After his dad takes a big old tumble into some wildebeest, Simba is forced to flee Pride Rock, opening the door for his evil Uncle Scar to become King. After mucking about with a meerkat and warthog for several years instead of, you know, saving his family, Simba's past catches up with him in the form of Nala.

The lioness informs the prince of what Scar has done to his beloved homeland, eventually leading to his return. But what was she doing in the middle of the jungle?

In a scene that only made it to the storyboard stage, Scar decides that he is missing a queen to rule by his side. Nala walks in moments later, in a moment that would have been comical had it not been so sinister.

The tyrant propositions the young lioness, only to be sternly rejected. He snaps, banishing Nala from the kingdom for daring to defy her ruler.

So there, she wasn't just in the jungle to try and get some from Simba.