Complex sentence: The following month, Chiwetel Ejiofor entered talks to play Scar and Alfre Woodard and John Kani joined the film as Sarabi and Rafiki, respectively.
Split into simpler sentences: The following month, Chiwetel Ejiofor entered talks to play Scar. Later on, Alfre Woodard and John Kani joined the film as Sarabi and Rafiki, respectively.