Will Smith delighted fans with a surprise appearance in London’s Leicester Square to celebrate the release of Disney’s Aladdin, in UK cinemas now.
Hidden from sight, Will Smith spoke to fans in character as the Genie as they made their wishes on a giant Aladdin’s lamp, before appearing to excited fans to sign autographs. Check out the video from the event in the video player below:
The film sees Will Smith (Ali, Men in Black) star as the Genie in the new film alongside Mena Massoud (Amazon’s Jack Ryan) as Aladdin, the hapless but lovable street rat who is smitten with the Sultan’s daughter.
Watch the Aladdin Press Conference Featuring Guy Ritchie, Will Smith, Naomi Scott & Mena Massoud
Naomi Scott (Power Rangers) stars as Princess Jasmine, the Sultan’s beautiful daughter who wants to have a say in how she lives her life with Marwan Kenzari (Murder on the Orient Express) as Jafar, an evil sorcerer who devises a nefarious plot to unseat the Sultan and rule Agrabah himself.
The superb casting doesn’t stop there, as the movie also stars Navid Negahban (Homeland) as the Sultan, Nasim Pedrad (Saturday Night Live) as Dalia, Billy Magnussen (Into the Woods) as Prince Anders, and Numan Acar (Homeland) as Hakim, Jafar’s right-hand man and head of the palace guards.
Aladdin is being brought to the big screen by Guy Ritchie – a very different style of movie compared to some of his previous ones including Sherlock Holmes and The Man From Uncle.
The script has been penned by John August (Dark Shadows, Big Fish) based on the 1992 animated film Aladdin and stories from “One Thousand and One Nights.”
If you haven’t yet the trailer for the movie, then what are you waiting for? Check out the footage below!
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ALADDIN is out now in cinemas.
