Rare Never-Before-Seen Video Outtakes of Robin Williams in ALADDIN
Can you believe that it's been 23 years since Disney's animated classic Aladdin was released in theaters?! I have memories of seeing the film for the first time at the El Capitan theater in Hollywood. Seems like it was just like yesterday.
The movie is coming to Blu-ray for the very first time on October 13th, and along with that release comes some great special features. One of those is outtakes of actor Robin Williams recording his voice as the Genie. This is easily one of Williams' most iconic roles. You can watch a tease of the never-before-seen footage of Williams being absolutely hilarious!
While talking to Good Morning America, co-writer and director John Musker opened up about Williams' performance, saying:
“He was the Genie, he was bigger than life. We didn’t know if he would do it. And fortunately for us, he did. We were totally walking down the plank. If he said no, we were going to be in big trouble because the whole concept was built around Robin. Fortunately he agreed to do it, and he worked so hard. We would record in four-hour sessions. He would be going four hours straight. We would have practically four hours of recording and by the end he was just drenched. He would have so much energy and so much passion”
It's awesome to hear that the actor put all of that energy into this brilliantly funny performance. I can't wait to see more of these outtakes on the Blu-ray!