Aladdin Remake Casting Salt

[ZepFloyd94]

The live action Aladdin remake is currently having some serious casting issues for finding the people to play to two leads

Social media is even pitching in suggestions for who should play Aladdin and Jasmine. And as expected, its niche actors who mostly have no real draw in Hollywood.

Besides, even if Disney really did use an all Arabic cast, SJWS will still complain.

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

Show of hands: how many of you are not surprised at all by this?

 

[Ruin]

I could see it being controversial if the country in Aladdin was based on a real place but despite the culture being Arabic/middle Eastern inspired Agrabah is a fictional place so what does it matter what race the characters are?

 

[Male Idiot]

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mcg.ark:/13960/t3709q85w;view=1up;seq=3

https://books.google.hu/books?id=Mb...r_esc=y#v=onepage&q="Aladdin" "China"&f=false

Apparently he was originally a Chinese Arabican. Aradin and the Srave of the Ramp!

 

[Morose_Obesity]

Just cast a chick with about the body of Briana Evigan....we need some hot midriff to stare at while enduring the movie with the kids

 

[The Great Chandler]

Will they still have this scene?

 

[Sperglord Dante]

I could see it being controversial if the country in Aladdin was based on a real place but despite the culture being Arabic/middle Eastern inspired Agrabah is a fictional place so what does it matter what race the characters are?

The irony of this is that Aladdin and his people weren't even middle easterners or muslim in the 1,001 Nights. They were supposed to be far easterners. Far far away in a distant land and all that.

 

[CWCchange]

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mcg.ark:/13960/t3709q85w;view=1up;seq=3

https://books.google.hu/books?id=Mb66BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA11&dq="Aladdin"+"China"&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q="Aladdin" "China"&f=false

Apparently he was originally a Chinese Arabican. Aradin and the Srave of the Ramp!

So basically he was Uyghur, which I don't think Disney would want to cast. China would ban the movie, which they wouldn't want because it's such a big market.

Also, a pig would make a more attractive Jasmine than any Uyghur woman.

 

[BadaBadaBoom]

Disgusting. Why Disney must continue the white washing of Hollywood while actual, talented Agrabahian actors must find work as magic carpet salesmen is deplorable. I bet they use some computerized mockery instead of summoning a real djinn as well.

 

[jace821]

Motherfucking will smith is supposedly going to be the genie.

 

[QT 219]

Clearly Dev Patel is the only Indian actor in the universe. Lol, these people are asshats. If you want to make it fun and appealing, just hire a Bollywood crew to do the whole fucking thing.

EDIT: Frank Caliendo should be the Genie.

 

[El Garbage]

Why the hell are they making a live-action Aladdin remake in the first place?

 

[CWCchange]

^I don't know, but a CGI Robin Williams genie would actually be a reason to watch it, like if McDonald's Szechuan sauce comes back with Mulan Live.

Of course, if Will Smith gets the role and the sauce doesn't come back because "muh cultural appropriation," I've given up on new Disney.

 

[HY 140]

Why the hell are they making a live-action Aladdin remake in the first place?

for the money

 

[RogerJenkins178]

Why the hell are they making a live-action Aladdin remake in the first place?

To remind us of a happier time when Americans could make films about the Middle East without either the right bitching about it being deliberate brainwashing to accept refugees, OR conversely, the left reacting against the right and thumping the movie in everyone's faces as a testament of Muslim tolerance to artificially bolster their fallacious argument.

 

[GabeRegan]

If you want to make it fun and appealing, just hire a Bollywood crew to do the whole fucking thing.

Second. Hell, their dance numbers already look like Disney musical numbers.

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

Why the hell are they making a live-action Aladdin remake in the first place?

Disney has decided to make easy money off of nostalgia since the young adults of today grew up on the Disney Renaissance films - and that's why they're remaking them all.

Oh, yes, and most moviegoers will go to see it anyway.

 

[Munchingonfish]

Why the hell are they making a live-action Aladdin remake in the first place?

 

[Manah]

^I don't know, but a CGI Robin Williams genie would actually be a reason to watch it, like if McDonald's Szechuan sauce comes back with Mulan Live.

Of course if Will Smith gets the role and the sauce doesn't come back because "muh cultural appropriation," I've given up on new Disney.

Wait, that was a real thing? I thought it was just a joke Rick and Morty came up with.

 

[Mariposa Electrique]

The live action Aladdin remake is currently having some serious casting issues for finding the people to play to two leads

Social media is even pitching in suggestions for who should play Aladdin and Jasmine. And as expected, its niche actors who mostly have no real draw in Hollywood.

Besides, even if Disney really did use an all Arabic cast, SJWS will still complain.

The obvious choice should be the Kardashain siblings. Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney could all take turns playing Jafar, and Rob and Blac Chyna could play Jazmine and Aladdin.