Disney’s Live-Action ‘Aladdin’ Movie Struggles to Find Stars of Middle Eastern or Indian Descent

[Revolver Ocelot]

Disney is in a whole new world of trouble. The live-action adaptation of Aladdin is reportedly struggling to cast its lead roles of Aladdin and Jasmine, the street rat and the Arabian princess who stole each other’s (and our) hearts in the classic 1992 animated film.

Disney and director Guy Ritchie are intent on finding an unknown actor and actress of Middle Eastern or Indian descent, as the animated movie takes place in the fictional Middle Eastern city of Agrabah. However, because Aladdin will continuing Beauty and the Beast‘s trend of adapting the musical elements of the animated films, Disney and Ritchie are having trouble finding stars of color who can act and sing.

Man they better Milli Vanilli that shit.

 

[TheGOAT]

1.5 BILLION people live in India

Bollywood is a billion dollar industry

But they cant find someone who can sing and act?

 

[gdatruth2.0]

not invested in the movie one way or another

but with a country with over a billion ppl and self contained movie industry that features dancing & singing something is off here

seems like they havent broaden their search outside of Hollywood & this representative of how established brown actors get work outside of 24 type terrorist casting

 

[fortyacres]

just give it to Dev Patel , the dude already looks like Aladdin

 

[Recaptimus_Prime360]

1.5 BILLION people live in India

Bollywood is a billion dollar industry

But they cant find someone who can sing and act?

THANK YOU!!!

Utter bs. What they really lookin for is a muthafuccas who has a LITTLE indian/mid east blood, but has white in them as well to appease to the white folks.

 

[Broddie]

1.5 BILLION people live in India

Bollywood is a billion dollar industry

But they cant find someone who can sing and act?

Not to mention that like g mentioned in his post above a lot of those Bollywood joints are musicals like Aladdin will be.

Seems like a bogus excuse to me. Like they just want to have pre-emptive justification for when they whitewash Jasmine or Aladdin when they don't cast an Indian or Arab in the roles.

 

[dontdiedontkillanyon]

Bollywood is the largest film industry in the world. It can't be that difficult to hire a Bollywood casting director to find people. I'm glad no one is buying this bullshit.

 

[TheGOAT]

Give it to the Prince of Persia

 

[illestni99ainne]

Get Aziz Ansari to play the monkey

 

[texas409]

them Indians so white washed they dont even wanna be considered

 

[TheNightKing]

Not up on Bollywood much. Do many of them have heavy Indian accents? If so, that could be part of the issue with casting someone from Bollywood.

 

[vagrant-718]

Can get my girl priyanka chopra (from quantico) to play jasmine. She an actress and a singer and she Indian and did I mention she bad?

 

[sapp08_2001]

Can get my girl priyanka chopra (from quantico) to play jasmine. She an actress and a singer and she Indian and did I mention she bad?

Damn she fine

 

[nawledge_god]

Hire Dis Neega To Play The Tiger

 

[Broddie]

Not up on Bollywood much. Do many of them have heavy Indian accents? If so, that could be part of the issue with casting someone from Bollywood.

Over 100 million English speakers in that country. I'm sure you can find one who doesn't speak like Apu.

 

[CottonCitySlim]

Can get my girl priyanka chopra (from quantico) to play jasmine. She an actress and a singer and she Indian and did I mention she bad?

This is the chick that didnt want to be will smith love intrest in a bollywood movie

 

[vagrant-718]

Can get my girl priyanka chopra (from quantico) to play jasmine. She an actress and a singer and she Indian and did I mention she bad?

This is the chick that didnt want to be will smith love intrest in a bollywood movie

What Bollywood movie was will smith in?

 

[TheNightKing]

Not up on Bollywood much. Do many of them have heavy Indian accents? If so, that could be part of the issue with casting someone from Bollywood.

Over 100 million English speakers in that country. I'm sure you can find one who doesn't speak like Apu.

Yeah, but you know they not just going to throw the part at just anyone, even though it did seem that way for Belle in Beauty and the Beast. Me and the kids called it Decent and the Beast, lol.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Hire Dis Neega To Play The Tiger

He'd make a good Jafar. Ya'll know your suggestions are too dark. They looking for those white Arabs and Indians.

 

[HundredEyes]

So we're just gonna lump arabs n Indians together? lol. Ol Asians are all the same folk lmao.

Disappointed in Guy Ritchie man...did they really say they couldn't find an Indian who couldn't sing n act?

But looks like a fellow dutchman is gonna play alladin though.

Guess every disadvantage has an advantage lmao