I remember when I was a kid one of
my earliest memories of growing up was definitely watching Disney films with my
family, classmates, and child hood friends. Pocahontas, Beauty and the Beast,
Lion King, The Jungle Book, and now Aladdin. I loved “Jasmine” the love
interest of Aladdin. I even had a Jasmine doll and the Jasmine sleeping bag I
proudly took to one of my old classmates sleepovers growing up. So the Disney
characters and I we go way back. I think for all of us Disney film lovers this
has been a long time coming actually with the remake of The Jungle Book, Dumbo,
and others it made perfect sense for them to want to tell stories in a
different light and bring them to life. All of the movies take you to a
beautiful place that you want to visit in real life. They have a way of taking
you out of your reality into a magical, mystical, and whimsical dream. Every
Disney film I have seen probably made me want to visit the place if it were
real. Let’s say if Aladdin the film location were real wouldn’t you want to
visit the middle eastern or African countries full of animals, hot desert
sands, and people coming up to you from all over the world. The fictional
Agrabah is a place similar to that.
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An original photo of Fantasy/Romance classic Aladdin the original characters, Jasmine and Aladdin (November 1992)
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Now that it’s Aladdin’s turn we
have some new actors and actresses on the rise who will be starring in this
film. The film is directed by Guy Richie and the lead actor, Aladdin will
portrayed by Mena Massoud (What Happens Next, Americanistan, Let’s Rap, Ordinary
Days, Masters in Crime, Final Exam, Run this Town, Strange but True, Nikita,
Poser, The 99, Saving Hope, and he
has done voiceovers for Watch Dogs 2) plays the Agrabah “streetrat” who becomes
smitten and wants to win the heart of the Sultan’s daughter, Jasmine.
Jasmine will be portrayed by Naomi Scott is a British actress
and was featured as Kimberly Hart in the 2017 film version of Power Rangers she
played the “Pink Powerranger”, “Lemonade Mouth”, and her next film is now a new
version of the 1970s classic, “Charlie’s Angels” she teamed up with fellow
actress and director, Elizabeth Banks.
The film will also star Marwan
Kenzari as the evil, calculating, sorcerer, Jafar who is definitely one of the
most well known villains in Disney. You can also see him in Katia’s sister, The
Last Days of Emma Blank, Loft, Rabat, Black Out, Wolf, The Promise, The Mummy,
What Happened to Monday, Murder on the Orient, and The Angel.
One person we cannot forget is the
person who grants Aladdin his three wishes is the genie. The original November
of 1992 animated film the genie was portrayed and voice over’s were done by the
late, great, multitalented, Robin Williams. Someone had to come in to fill the
shoes of him who would be just as talented, comical, fun, and bring his own
background and experience. It makes perfect sense to me this person would do
the role justice. I am honored to finally get a chance to discuss this person
because I haven’t had a chance to mention him much in my blog. I have mentioned
and wrote about his gorgeous wife, her achievements, accolades, and latest
projects, I have talked about his daughter even and other family members. I
have never had a chance to mention or put the spotlight on him but I am honored
because he truly is one of my heroes.
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| Will Smith replaces Robin Williams as The genie in Aladdin 2019 version |
Ladies and Gentlemen
give it up for Will Smith! He will portray the genie in the live action remake
of Aladdin. I can go on and on about this person because he is so well
accomplished as an actor, producer, and what he has done in our community for
those who want to act, sing, rap, perform, and more. I had a big crush on him
growing up too so it’s such a great way to see him on a huge scale again in
mainstream media. Will has revamped and reemerged again you could say now he’s
Will the 2.0 version where you thought he was great he’s been phenomenal with
his YouTube channel, his Instagram posts, advice. His family should go ahead
and say we are taking over with the SMITH DYNASTY. It’s been incredible to
watch him and his family just grow and continue to shine motivating and pushing
us all to be better versions of ourselves. So I needed to get that out because
he truly has made and created a lane and is on a level that exceeded our
expectations. He pretty much let us all know don’t put me in a box I am going
to do it all and then some. So congratulations to him on this role. He’s going
to do phenomenal he has the background experience with dramatic , comedic,
romantic comedy, animated film, action, and other roles. So we have seen him
dip himself into many different lanes and channels. My hats off to you on this
one!
The film also will star Navid
Negahban has been featured in the following films (The Fallen Ones, Broken,
Waking Dreams, Charlie Wilson’s War, The Stoning of Soraya M., Powder Blue,
Brothers, American Assassin, 12 Strong, and Damascus Cover., Nasim Pedrad is a
cast member of Saturday Night Live from (2009 to 2014), she has been featured
in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Awesomes, The Mindy Project, New
Girl, Brooklyn Nine Nine, and Billy Magnussen has been featured on the Elephant
Garden, Happy Tears, Ingrid Goes West, Bridge of Spies, Law & Order, Blue
Bloods, CSI, The Good Wife, The People vs OJ Simpson: American Crime Story, and
Friends from College, and Tell Me A Story. He also has appeared in theater for The Ritz, Vanya and
Sonia and Masha and Spike, and Sex with Strangers. He earned a best ensemble cast award from the San Diego Film
Critics Society.
For more information visit http://www.disney.com/aladdin and
visit the website for information on upcoming Broadway performances around the
globe.
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