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MANILA, Philippines – It was a trip down memory lane on Friday, October 9 as the cast of the 1992 Disney movie Aladdin led by Broadway star Lea Salonga dropped by Good Morning America to talk about the movie that captivated the hearts of many 23 years ago. (WATCH: Lea Salonga, Brad Kane sing ‘A Whole New World’ at ‘Aladdin’ cast reunion)
In an interview on the show, the creators of the movie shared never-before-seen footage of Robin Williams voicing Genie. The actor died in August 2014.
WATCH: Never-before-seen outtakes of Robin Williams as Genie: http://t.co/7bEhPrqRzj #Aladdin (Even @starwars!) pic.twitter.com/zo9RRYhvxy
— Good Morning America (@GMA) October 9, 2015
Supervising animator Eric Goldberg shared some of his memories of the late actor.
“Aside from him being funny as anything, he was such a warm person,” he said.
John Musker, the film’s writer/director said: “He was the Genie, he was bigger than life.”
Watch a clip here from the interview, and get a glimpse of some of that footage of Robin Williams in his element recording his part as Aladdin’s famous blue friend:
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Lea, who did the singing voice of Princess Jasmine was present with Brad Kane who was Aladdin’s singing voice, as well as the Scott Weinger and Linda Larkin who did the speaking voices of the characters, and Jonathan Freeman, the voice behind Jafar.
After the program, Lea posted a photo with Linda on Instagram.
“Jasmine and Jasmine! This is Linda Larkin, the actress that spoke for the Princess. #Aladdin,” she wrote.
The movie’s Diamond edition Blue-Ray combo will be released on Tuesday, October 13. It was previously released in digital HD. – Rappler.com
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