There will only ever be one Robin Williams, which means there can only be one Genie, because the two of them sync together as immaculately meta parallels. The Genie changed the entire tone of “Aladdin” once he was introduced in the film. The entertaining, albeit conventional setup the film had was sent into overdrive once he was rubbed out of the lamp by Aladdin. Now, imagine the chutzpah that Will Smith must have had to sign on to play the Genie in Disney’s upcoming live-action version of “Aladdin.” He knew what the expectations were going to be, but Disney probably offered him a big fat paycheck that he just could’n’t resist. Don’t get me wrong, Smith will probably be “fine” in the upcoming film, slated for a May 24th release, but he is not Robin Williams. Nobody is. Good luck, Disney. Contribute Hire me
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