Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robin Williams voiced the genie in Aladdin. (Disney) “We knew we were taking risks and weren’t sure how they’d be received,” ...

Robin Williams lent his voice to the Genie in Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ but earned a pitiful amount for his work. by Robert Yaniz Jr. “We had a deal. The one thing I said was I will do the voice. I’m doing ...

Improv in voice acting has been a part of Disney films going all the way back to “Snow White.” But Robin Williams’ Genie [in “Aladdin”] was something extraordinary. [Co-writer and co-director] John ...

Will Smith has tackled almost every genre of entertainment, but he’s never been a big, blue magical being who lives in a lamp — until now. Stepping into the role of the Genie in Guy Ritchie’s ...

Robin Williams masters his role of Genie to perfection. The Disney character is, without a doubt, one of the most iconic examples of a celebrity doing voice-over work in an animated film. His role as ...

Robin Williams' Aladdin costar Scott Weinger is reflecting on working with one of his childhood heroes ten years after the comedy legend's death. Weinger, 48, was just 15 years old when he first met ...

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Kevin Tash is a TV and Film Features writer for Collider, a screenwriter, and an arm-chair film critic. When you think of "Disney" who are the first characters to come to mind? It's going to be ...