Hamburg-born actor Steven Adjei Sowah didn't just watch the The Lion King—he lived it. At just eleven years old, he stepped onto the stage for the musical’s German premiere as young Simba, a moment that sparked a lifelong passion for the craft. However, the path to the spotlight wasn't a straight line. Growing up in the impressive shadow of his father, the trailblazing Ghanaian filmmaker Adolphos Sowah, Steven first fulfilled a family promise: securing a law degree from Oxford before finally following his heart back to the stage.