![]() Just as many feel that Charles Martinet, the voice actor who supplies Mario's vocals in the video game, should be doing so in the movie in the place of any other celebrity replacement. Many have put forth the idea that Pratt is voicing both Mario and Garfield in their animated projects because of his currently high level of stardom. Perhaps the biggest controversy of late is Chris Pratt being cast as the voice for numerous characters, namely that of Nintendo's Mario in the upcoming Illumination Mario animated film. Speaking of which, the presence of both Johnson and Kevin Hart in the movie didn't help it bark up any extra money, furthering the argument that trained voice actors (who are more cost-effective) should be getting these voice roles. That movie could have easily had anyone else in Johnson's role, and the likely much smaller salary/budget could have helped the film at the box office. The most recent example is DC League of Super-Pets, wherein Dwayne Johnson voicing different characters is made into a joke. Ever since then, however, more animated films have been based around utilizing the persona of an actor. This would have brought a dramatically different vibe to Genie, and who knows how the movie and its comedy would have changed because of it. In the case of Aladdin, imagine if Robin Williams never took the role of Genie, meaning that another actor would have voiced the character. In becoming hot commodities for animated films, actors and celebrities from outside the voice acting world arguably keep roles from going to actual voice actors. This presents perhaps the worst sin committed by being so obsessed with celebrity voice actors in movies. Infamous examples of this situation would be The Emoji Movie and the even more horrendous Playmobil: The Movie, both of which completely neglected to bring real voice actors into the fray. Gary Graff Contributing writer Gary Graff is. The movies are already uninterested in being good and are simply using celebrities from other mediums to make a quick buck. Disney’s Aladdin runs through May 14 at the Fisher Theatre, 3011 W. The role and the movie as a whole are now transformed into vehicles for a certain actor and their personality instead of being interested in telling their story. Just seeing what's essentially an animated version of an actor can distract from a movie's story, especially when that animated character is cracking pop culture jokes like Genie was. It ended up working like a charm there, but the creativity and narrative handicapping are definitely up for debate. The same went for Gilbert Gottfried as Iago in the same movie. When John and Ron first came on board to direct the film, they immediately thought Robin Williams would be perfect for the Genie.By tailoring the Genie to fit with Robin Williams' stand-up and persona, the filmmakers essentially just plopped him into the movie's story. And Aladdin was no exception. All of the voice actors, including Scott Weigner, Linda Larkin, Gilbert Gottfried, and Jonathan Freeman brought something special to their voice acting in the film. VoicesĪs is the case of any animated film, the voices play an important part. This proved to be what Alan needed to move forward after Howard’s passing. Then they brought in Tim Rice to collaborate with Alan on the rest of the songs. But when the rewrites started, they decided to keep three of Howard’s songs. Then they made Princess Jasmine a strong character.īefore Howard’s death, he and Alan Menken wrote several songs for the early version of the story. The first thing was to delete Aladdin’s mother and make the character of Aladdin more of a Tom Cruise character. But that meant they had to cut several ideas. But they were able to restructure the story that pleased Jeffrey. ![]() Afterward, he said that he was not pleased with this version and asked to start from scratch.Īt first, this was a scary problem because the movie was scheduled to be released in November of the next year. In April of 1991, Ron and John presented the story reel of the entire movie to chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, but he didn’t really respond much. lets see the actors behind the voices Scott Weinger As Aladdin Linda Larkin As Princess Jasmine Jonathan Freeman As Jafar Robin Williams As Genie Frank. Unfortunately, after that, Howard Ashman passed away. However, after the directing of The Little Mermaid, John Musker, and Ron Clements heard about the Aladdin idea and decided to direct this project. ![]() Then Howard and Alan Menken were asked to work on Beauty and the Beast. Unfortunately, the early draft he wrote himself and later with Linda Woolverton was rejected. During that film’s production, lyricist Howard Ashman pitched the idea of an animated adaptation of the folk tale, Aladdin. It began in 1988, a year before the release of The Little Mermaid. ![]()
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