Will Smith Used His 'Fresh Prince' Persona as Inspiration for Genie in 'Aladdin'

"Aladdin" stars Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott joined Will Smith to chat about playing beloved Disney characters, and how Naomi's brother is Will's biggest fan. Will also talked about how the music in the film convinced him to step into Robin Williams' iconic role and use his "Fresh Prince" persona as inspiration for his version of Genie.

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[sushmita_]

Will Smith is hands down one of the humblest and best actors of all times

[chikipaw]

Will Smith really respects Robin Williams 👊👊

[lyse]

Will Smith crushed this role! He was made to be the genie!!!!

[roshaanabdulqadir]

I love how will mentions how great robin williams was as genie.

[wahooooh]

I wasn't sure how I felt about Will Smith being Genie, but he did well! And I like how humble he is about it

[ruth]

4 different races
4 different accents
All on one stage, cool.

[fnpoolguy]

I'm dying of laughter at Will Smith's impression of Ellen holding in her cough.

[rthetruthful]

I wish Will Smith was my uncle. This is one of the coolest dudes in Hollywood



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[Angelinabcklr]

I swear the whole world loves Will Smith, how can someone be such a lovable personality?❤️

[juschill]

I'm glad he realized the shoe's he had to fill playing Genie.
But I feel confident that he made it his own to not tarnish it.

Update: I just saw Aladdin today and I was more than impressed. Excellent movie.

[MahnoorKhanYoutube]

the moment when Will Smith said" Ellen have some water! You're such a good host." ❤

[TheLifeofKiara]

Mena literally sounds sooo much like the cartoon version of Aladdin. (Don’t know who played him but yeah)

[nicnactruelove]

I don't think I've seen anyone as good looking as Mena. He's almost TOO beautiful. His face is just absolute perfection, it's really distracting

[cassiemonica]

Will smith talks about how great Robin Williams is and how big the shoes were to fill and he is absolutely right but he himself has that same type of persona with rolls he’s done. I think it was a great pick.

[unknownunknown]

1:27 That face expression that Mena does though 😍😍

[yupp]

Nobody is talking about Mena! He is amazing STAN MENA MASSOUD

[ekah_esther]

Will is not aging at all 🤭☺️... forever young

[miaveranika]

Common people see : Ellen, Will, Mena, Naomi.
Me see : Dorry, Genie, Aladdin, Jasmine.

[kaladrian]

Will smith knows how to lit up a talk show

[jasonnewman]

Will smith and Keanu reeves are the definition of a down to earth Hollywood actor. Hands down my 2 favorite actors.