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Hollywood and Bollywood are not exactly known for casting the best actor to suit ethnicity or race for the character. We’ve had Priyanka Chopra playing a North eastern girl in Mary Kom and Hollywood has always held a bad reputation for whitewashing actors and casting them for ethnicity they don’t belong to. The only time Hollywood does a good job of casting is when they are casting for terrorists. So when Disney announced a live action movie remake on Aladdin and called for a global casting call for the role of Aladdin, things started looking up. However, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter, the Guy Ritchie production is struggling to find a lead for the project even though it’s been four months since the casting process began. However, going by Twitter users there are quite a few actors who can don the role of Aladdin and more specifically our very own Bollywood celebrities can take up the coveted role. Twitterati came up with quite a few legit names, we hope that Guy Ritchie and Disney are listening.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, “finding a male lead in his 20s who can act and sing has proven difficult — especially since the studio wants someone of Middle Eastern or Indian descent.” Disney can’t find a single man who can fit the role of Aladdin to star in the musical. Let that sink in, because we have the biggest film industry in the world which is full of brown actors of Middle Eastern or Indian descent who can dance their way to any woman’s heart and probably sing along too. People on Twitter are politely pointing to Bollywood and India where there are literally thousands of able bodied and talented young men who can fit the role. They have named Hrithik Roshan, Zayn Malik, Fawad Khan, Dev Patel, Ranveer Singh, Avan Jogia and Priyanka Chopra who can very well be cast in the movie Aladdin. Victoria & David Beckham’s Daughter Harper Celebrates Her Birthday In An Elsa Costume At A Special Tea Party With Princess Eugenie
Sample a few tweets below:
THERE IS LITERALLY AN ENTIRE SECOND MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY IN THE WORLD W AN INDUSTRY OF MEN WHO DANCE AND SING. #aladdin https://t.co/iu0RsdCgPs
— Jenny Yang👲👲🏽🐉 (@jennyyangtv) July 11, 2017
It cannot be this difficult to cast ‘Aladdin,’ you Disney punks https://t.co/o8nQ2YcwQO pic.twitter.com/v7PZInXByY
— Fusion (@Fusion) July 11, 2017
Avan Jogia 💯
Dev Patel 💯Please, I want them to be Aladdin! pic.twitter.com/GrBJTV4jAQ
— Momos (@mosmos43) July 11, 2017
#HrithikRoshan is the Perfect Choice to play Alladin pic.twitter.com/s4ni62F8ws
— Hrithiks Gladiator (@HrithiksGladia2) July 11, 2017
“Disney is reportedly struggling to find its Aladdin” @zaynmalik pic.twitter.com/hWTmsnoj9n
— BEST ZAYN PICS (@bestzaynsphotos) July 11, 2017
how is disney having trouble casting Alladin when Avan Jogia was literally born for the role???
the man can sing, dance, AND act! pic.twitter.com/2ilMFlq1Md— ㅤDamian Alonso (@thedamianalonso) July 12, 2017
Priyanka Chopra as Princess Jasmine and Dev Patel as Aladdin would have the whole world shooK! pic.twitter.com/uDh03KE5QL
— Black Bill Gates. (@WrittenByTerry) July 11, 2017
Mr. Perfect 💥#RanveerSinghAsAladdin ✨@RanveerOfficial @aladdin 👑
10000 RTs please!!! pic.twitter.com/2FwWnXBW8g— GAURAV SINGH (@GAUR4VS1NGH) July 12, 2017
If this man is not a prince, then no man is. And yes, I take it very personally that Fawad isn’t already the Alladin. NOT COOL Disney. pic.twitter.com/XiUBWRVsJ4
— Aishwarya S (@Hyper_aice) July 12, 2017
I heard that Guy Ritchie is having problems to find actors who interpret Aladdin and Jasmine. What is he waiting for to call them?… pic.twitter.com/U7rROOc02S
— LM as TV/Films. (@littlemixmovies) July 11, 2017
avan jogia or ‘beck from victorious’ could look, act, and dance the part of aladdin and disney still struggling to find someone? smh pic.twitter.com/FaHcVV0bMv
— kya (@nykaiya) July 11, 2017
Victorious’ Avan Jogia & Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall are curently fan-favorites to be cast as Jasmine & Aladdin for the upcoming Disney film pic.twitter.com/AdaBqf588o
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) July 12, 2017
Priyanka Chopra should play as Jasmine in Aladdin idc what anyone says pic.twitter.com/bySwZYjMR6
— 💙 (@Zahraariaydee) July 11, 2017
If @AvanJogia doesn’t get the role of Aladdin…somebody is gonna have to fight me pic.twitter.com/mePxjj8e5g
— Yvng_petty (@20_blackout_16) July 11, 2017
“You gonna audition for aladdin”
Zayn: pic.twitter.com/h9ectoXbU5— ZAYN Is God MALIK (@zayntheist) July 11, 2017
Other than suggestions there were quite a few tweets which ridiculed the usual racial stand of Hollywood. Sample a few below:
Lol Disney are not not struggling at all, they are just struggling to find a perfectly tanned white actor for Aladdin instead of hiring POC🖕
— #SupportSNS×Praying (@6inchDemi) July 11, 2017
Lol Disney are struggling to find a tanned white person for the role of Aladdin instead of giving it to Arabian guy. Give it to POC pic.twitter.com/TBPTeHKoC8
— #SupportSNS×Praying (@6inchDemi) July 11, 2017
if disney casts a white guy w a spray tan to play aladdin, disney is cancelled
— kya (@nykaiya) July 11, 2017
Are We Seriously Supposed to Believe There Are No Brown Men Talented Enough for Guy Ritchie’s #Aladdin?https://t.co/SW7e1icYaA pic.twitter.com/NMG7sYzPm4
— The Mary Sue (@TheMarySue) July 11, 2017
So I guess Aladdin is going to be played by Ryan Gosling?
Also, y’all try googling Bollywood? https://t.co/MkOp7OQ2oM
— Dhaval Patel (@ItsDhavalPatel) July 12, 2017
I get the feeling Matt Damon will be showing up to play Aladdin. https://t.co/YzwEYEuxTX
— meya (@_m3ya) July 12, 2017
The role of Genie which was made iconic by Robin Williams will be played by Will Smith and Naomie Scott of Power Rangers is in the running to play Princess Jasmine. No release date has been announced yet for the film and the shooting of the movie start once Guy Ritchie finds his Aladdin and Jasmine.
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