Get on your magic carpet, we’ll take you back to the 90s. Do you remember the cartoon Aladdin? Definitely, otherwise you wouldn’t have clicked on this article. If you have a bit of the cartoon’s story in mind, you’ll probably remember that at the beginning of the film, in the first scene, a salesman wants to reforge several bizarre objects, ranging from an unbreakable (but broken) coffee maker-fryer to a box of shit, the famous one Dead Sea Tupperware.
And then suddenly the seller introduces the famous lamp and its history. But really, who is this guy really?
The seller of Aladdin’s magic lamp is not unknown
If you no longer have the scene in mind, here it is on video, just to refresh your memory:
So, do you recognize him? NO ? But he is dressed all in blue, with a red ribbon around his waist, a goatee, his voice is that of Robin Williams… Yes, this amulet seller is indeed the Genie of the Lamp himself!
And it’s not us who say it, but Ron Clements and John Musker, the directors of the cartoon, in an interview available on AND! News :
It is true ! This was our original intention. We also made a scene for the end of the film where the salesman was shown as the Genie, and of course Robin Williams also voiced the character.
But with changes in story and editing, we removed that reveal. So it became an urban legend that is actually true.
So, did you know? While theories about Disney characters abound on the Internet, they are often false, such as the one that Anna and Elsa were actually Tarzan’s sisters. But for once we have found a real theory! He won’t change our lives, but he still makes us smile.
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Source: Madmoizelle
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