The Internet Is On Fire With People Roasting Will Smith’s Look As The New Genie In ‘Aladdin’

Today the internet got its first look at Will Smith as the genie in the upcoming Disney live-action remake of Aladdin and people really, really do not like it.

To begin with, a lot of people are not down with all of the live-action remakes Disney is doing with so many classic cartoons like The Lion King, Mulan, Beauty and the Beast, and the like.

So, some people are going to hate Guy Ritchie’s upcoming live-action Aladdin remake just on principle.

However… you definitely do not have to be one of those people to dislike, or make fun of, Will Smith’s look as the genie. Because… wow… it’s really something.

Yeah…

As you may recall, in the animated version of Aladdin, Robin Williams played the genie, and well, he was as incredible as Robin Williams almost always was. So, in an effort to be different, this is what they came up with. Sigh…

According to Entertainment Weekly, one Disney executive described Will Smith’s genie as part Fresh Prince, part Hitch.

“I think it’ll stand out as unique even in the Disney world,” said Smith, about his character. “There hasn’t been a lot of that hip-hop flavor in Disney history.”

Oh, it’s unique all right. Just check out these reactions…

https://twitter.com/jaarlos/status/1075372699575173121

https://twitter.com/wingardians/status/1075374733720412160

Also, why isn’t he blue? Smith said he was going to be blue, like the original, and why isn’t he CGI?

https://twitter.com/Hellkr1/status/1075399109945774080

https://twitter.com/tom13301956/status/1075377550996586501

Much better.