Friday just got even better…Disney has released never-before-seen clips and outtakes from Aladdin, featuring one of our all-time favorite characters: Robin Williams as the Genie. Aladdin Diamond Edition will be available for the first time on Blu-ray, Digital HD and Disney Movies Anywhere October 13.
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Soon fans of the Oscar-winning Disney animated movie will have a chance to see a few of the jokes, impressions, and ad-libs that Williams performed in the recording booth but ultimately hit the cutting room floor.
“Aside from him being amusing as anything, he was such a warm, person”, Goldberg said of Williams.
“When Tim Rice came on to writing with me on Aladdin, I quickly put together this song and “One Jump Ahead” and quickly flew over to London”, Menken said of the songwriting process behind “A Whole New World”. Musker spoke on GMA about their lost friend and said, “He was the Genie…he was bigger than life”. “Fortunately for us, he did, [but] we were totally walking down the plank”.
Musker, co-writer and director Ron Clements, composer Alan Menken and cast members Scott Weinger (Aladdin), Linda Larkin (Jasmine), Brad Kane (Aladdin’s singing voice) Lea Salonga (Jasmine’s singing voice) and Jonathan Freeman (Jafar) reunited to talk about the film and share their memories of Williams.
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Clements explained “there was nobody else that could be the Genie”. They said he would record four hours straight at times ad give them so much to work with. “He had so much energy and so much passion”.
