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Disney's Live-Action 'Aladdin' Finds Its Jafar
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ratcliffja
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You mean like Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty and the Queen from Snow White? Those are two of Disney's most iconic villains and were both known for their beauty, especially the latter. Even the wicked step mother from Cinderella was supposed to be pretty. Of course those were all women, but male Disney villains were fairly rare in human-driven Disney animated movies anyway.
He can look older and not ugly. This guy looks way too friendly to be a villain in a simple children movie
He looks waaaaaaaay too nice. I wish prince was still alive. He would've been the pick.
Lol damn never realized how stereotypical they made Jafar look.
BasilZero
Member
Thought the same but hopefully how he is in the movie will be good enough
KeyBladerXIII
Member
Maybe in this version, Jafar is Aladdin's long lost brother. They were separated at birth and Jafar was found by some palace worker and he grew up to be Vizier. What a twist!
Fancyarcher
Member
Not a bad choice, but he seems a bit too young for the role. I suppose Jafar will be a bit de-aged in this version or something.
Disney will force him to tone down his style anyway.
Disney will force him to tone down his style anyway.
They both grew up on the streets, and were separated when they were caught stealing as kids. Aladdin was sent to Agrabah-juvie, and Jafar being older was off to do hard labor in a far away land, where he escaped thanks to the help of an old, also imprisoned wizard who taught him everything he knows.
The Guy Ritchiness writes itself.
AcademicSaucer
Member
Do people really think that Aladdin is going to be like Snatch because Guy Ritchie is the director?
That'd be cool. They'd have to do something to make him creepier though. A brother wanting his brothers lover doesn't seem creepy enough compared to the cartoon Jafar.
Crossing Eden
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Will have to see him in costume because man is that dude not what I honk of when I think of if Jafar. Hot AF.
Guy Ritchie turned King Arthur into a streewise criminal raised in a whorehouse.
Guy Ritchie can't be stopped.
Same.
Discotheque
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I'm more confused as to why nobody wants that guy Ritchie touch on an aladdin movie
Rather that than some bland ass 1:1 cartoon to live action translation. Plus he's a streetwise thief already. They knew what they had in mind when they hired him for aladdin
Sparrowhawk
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He looks waaaaaaaay too nice. I wish prince was still alive. He would've been the pick.
This would have been perfect.
It could be interesting if they're around the same age, one being a street rat and the other being a young, successful vizier.
Ugliness was certainly utilized as a means to visually emphasize danger and menace where the Queen was concerned.
Captain Europe
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Kinda mindblown, thought he looked exactly like this actor I've seen in a couple of Dutch movies, then I looked him up and it's actually him, awesome!
Handsome Jafar is an interesting take.
Handsome Jafar is an interesting take.
Messofanego
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Some of you have very limiting views on villains. There are many good looking villains going all the way back to Dracula. That makes for a more interesting dynamic than some ugly dude who's easy to hate on because of his looks.
Hot Coldman
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I hope Gilbert Gottfried is still Iago
Spiritual_Chaos
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Being surprised by the casting of a young and handsome dude as Jafar when everyones image of Jafar is from the cartoon isn't having a limited view on villains.
Messofanego
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It's not about the surprise, it's about how people are saying Jafar shouldn't be handsome.
Fudgepuppy
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Harvey Fierstein should be Iago.
the_darkness
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So is this CGI bullshit like The Lion King or are real people getting dressed up?
DiipuSurotu
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She will stand out only because she's supposed to be the prettiest girl in Agrabah
Evo Shandor
Member
It does feel like they are going for a method of using comparison and parallel to make the rivalry between Aladdin and Jafar much more personal.
The Artisan
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young and handsome and not that skinny
Spiritual_Chaos
Banned
Maybe they'll go the Slumdog Millionaire route. They knew eachother in some way when they were younger. But went different paths.
The entire cast could be dogs and this would still hit close to a billion.
Lucky Seven
Banned
So teenage heart-throb for hunchback confirmed?
DiipuSurotu
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Adam Driver as the Hunchback pls
FinaruDensetsu
Member
Woah not Ben Kingsley?!
Also i think maybe in this version Jasmine will actually want to marry Jafar.
Also i think maybe in this version Jasmine will actually want to marry Jafar.
Yeah, the role of Jafar is completely motion capture in this one
But Will Smith is just covered in blue paint. Interesting direction
MegaManTrigger
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He looks waaaaaaaay too nice. I wish prince was still alive. He would've been the pick.
Why do people think that casting works by picking someone who looks EXACTLY like the cartoon? It's like people only take the visual aspect into account and ignore everything else (acting, character, etc).
I think Hollywood really hates Arab women. They might cave and have an Arab guy have a role here and there, but forget about Arab women.
That's a fuckin shame.
Yes but presumably this makes his attempts to force marry Jasmine less creepy because he's not too slimy and old looking.
Master Yoshi
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Will Will Smith be blue?
They've had a chance with Talia Al-Ghul twice (she is 3/4 Arab and 1/4 Chinese), but they cast a white woman the first time (in Nolan's film) and an Asian woman the second time (in Arrow), completely erasing her heritage, I have no faith in them casting an Arab woman as Talia in the DCEU at all, they try to avoid casting Arab women by casting other WoC to soften the pushback.
Fudgepuppy
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Suggestions for Iago:
Harvey Fierstein
Ali Wong
Tituss Burgess
Bill Hader
Keegan Michael Key
LilRel Howery
Bradley Whitford
Harvey Fierstein
Ali Wong
Tituss Burgess
Bill Hader
Keegan Michael Key
LilRel Howery
Bradley Whitford