Can we actually give a name to the Tom Cruise MI effect on actors availability for other films that would have had major effects on their career.

Dougray Scott lost out on Wolverine, Henry Cavill's mustache and now probably now Ving Rhimes in this.

Also outside the action set aside does anyone actually watch the MI movies for character and plot?

Completely agree Mufasa's rise and the bloodline meaning nothing essentially makes Simba a nepo baby who has come back from college and trying to take over the family business but has no actual qualifications outside his dad's rep. Though Mufasa not dealing with Scar's obvious attitude between Mufasa and the Lion King kind of

Makes him a bad king

No the prequel makes Mufasa look like a bad King if he didn't get Scar was a threat he couldn't manage the second Simba was born.

In the original film Scar out right says to Mufasa to watch his back. At least when they were related and Scar didn't have form in of betrayal, Mufasa's blind spot about his brother was understandable. Now it looks really bad.