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The Genie is a fictional character who appeared in Walt Disney Pictures' animated film Aladdin (1992), later appearing in other media of the Aladdin franchise as one of its main characters, as well as throughout other Disney media.
Menken attempted to replace "Proud of Your Boy" himself by writing a song for Aladdin to sing to Abu entitled "You Can Count On Me", which was also rejected. [29] The omission of "Proud of Your Boy" eventually led to the completion of the film's romantic theme song, "A Whole New World", since Aladdin required a new ballad to replace it. [32] "
After Aladdin asks what Genie would wish for, Genie muses that he would wish for freedom since he is a prisoner of his lamp, so Aladdin promises to use his last wish to free Genie. Aladdin decides to use his first wish to become a prince in order to be legally able to court Jasmine (Act One Finale: "Friend Like Me"/"Proud of Your Boy" (Reprises)).
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Aladdin had a lot of rewrites during production, and many songs were cut as characters were written out of the script or as the plot was altered. At one point, the song which showed Aladdin being at his lowest point and wanting to strive for more with his life was entitled "Proud of Your Boy", and was directed at his mother, who was disappointed by his life choices.
Will Smith's genie has angered fans once again in the wake of the new trailer for 'Aladdin'.
Evil Aladdin and Evil Genie (the same voices of the original characters) are created by Chaos to make them understand their forces. Ajed Al Gebraic (voiced by Jonathan Harris) is the Genie's old master, who is greedy. After using up his three wishes, he sold Genie to a sorcerer for eternal life, but not eternal youth. [36]
The new "Aladdin" film faced a formidable challenge in adapting the cartoon's bright blue Genie for a live-action version. 'Aladdin' cast, filmmakers on Will Smith vs. Robin Williams and all that ...