Disney offered a 13-year-old $2 million to sing in ‘The Lion King.’ His mom took $100K plus royalties instead. He’s still getting paid 34 years later

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Becoming an overnight millionaire is every teenager’s dream. But when Disney offered 13-year-old Jason Weaver $2 million to sing as young Simba in The Lion King—his mom told them no.

“When they offered that deal, it was really just to take this money and go,” Weaver once told VladTV in a 2019 interview that’s currently going viral on social media. “I think they knew and forecasted that they were gonna make a s–t ton of money.”