Malte279:In the Lion King musical the immediate cause for Nala to run off from pride's rock is Scars trying to take her for his wife. I have no idea however if there were any cut scenes from the movie or if that scene was entirely the invention of the musical. In any case it would make Nala's being Scar's daughter unlikely... I hope
True.
But if memory recalls, The Lion King on Broadway (although fabulous in costume, scenery, music and overall) wasn't actually written by those who did the original movie. After all, they did need a reason to show WHY Nala left Priderock and that isn't shown in the animated movie.
It had been questioned recently if even Littlefoot told the others about the death of his mother throughout the first movie (personally I suppose he must have), if there are such doubts about him than I suppose Cera is even less likely to talk about it. Not to talk about it to others does not mean absence of emotion however. I don't think we ever saw Cera cry in front of the others, but we did see her cry.
I thought in the original movie, that Littlefoot HAD mentioned his Mother's death to Ducky (atleast). When Petrie rips the tree star, Ducky says:
"It is very special, very. His mother gave it to him. She did'.
I just presumed that meant that Littlefoot atleast had told Ducky. Also in the fifth sequel during 'Always there' (off topic, one of my favourite songs) Littlefoot mentions his mother.