Disney is Adding a White Character to Live-Action ‘Aladdin’ & Twitter Hates It
Disney has added a new character to the live-action version of Aladdin named Prince Anders, and he’s white. Needless to say, Twitter wasn’t very happy about it, many claiming white wash.
Check it out:
Guys, the wrote a new part into Aladdin just so they could do this https://t.co/tY6SRk3ryZ pic.twitter.com/fzTkNsZokI
— geejayeff (@geejayeff) September 5, 2017
Was ScarJo not available https://t.co/GrcqAUVO8F
— Committed AF (@bellavistamama) September 6, 2017
The gentrification of Agrabah has begun. Next up, gourmet, artisanal hummus. https://t.co/UbTgBDU2of
— DoraMilaje Jen️ (@darlinginmyway) September 6, 2017
so they “couldn’t find” a middle Eastern Jasmine but they can add a completely new made up WHITE GUY https://t.co/YqYUQ8OLBF
— tori (@rotshayden) September 6, 2017
Y’all can’t even let brown people have their own fake kingdom? https://t.co/r7TcGY9efO
— Nicholai Joaquin (@nicholaisays) September 6, 2017
— Smoak-Queen® (@FandomQueen23) September 6, 2017
— POM (@pomwonderland) September 6, 2017
So millions of people have seen the Aladdin cartoon.They couldn’t trust the live action to work enough without creating this?! https://t.co/ZeX9XDLGo2
— #1WonderWoman (@bgirl65) September 6, 2017
I liked Billy Magnussen just fine as the Not Chris Pine Prince in Into the Woods, but his casting here seems wholly unnecessary.
— Lauren Thoman (@LaurenTHCW) September 6, 2017
H/T: Marie Claire