pa quiz , hotshot : say you ’ve made abig , colorful remakeof one of your mostbeloved liven properties , featuring a monolithic cast of masses of colouring , many of whom from groups that are typically only cast in Hollywood as , uh , terrorist . Say that movie makes a lot of money , and you decide to make a spinoff for your Modern streaming service . Which character do you base that spinoff on ?
If you say , “ Literally anyone but the bumbling livid guy wire , ” you have gone about this very differently than Disney . That ’s good : as report bythe Hollywood Reporter , a spinoff starring Prince Anders ( Billy Magnussen ) , the bumbling and prideful prince from the land of Skanland , one ofPrincess Jasmine’sfailed suitors , is in the works for Disney+ . The spinoff will be produced by Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich , who produced the Aladdin remake , with Jordan Dunn and Michael Kvamme impound to write a script for the nascent project .
Interesting .
“Wait, they’re giving a spinoff to that guy?”Image: Disney
Now , permit me say this cautiously . It is not the case that making a spinoff series about a subjectively delicious cameo character is a regretful thing , and this is not to throw any aspersion on the just name of Billy Magnussen , who is a fine actor know for such fabulous roles as a supporting turn in Game Night , a fine film , or in that one Star Trek installment of Black Mirror everyone likes . But .
But .
It is certainly the event that the unrecorded - action adaptation of Aladdin did the right thing by throw up mostly people of coloring to tell a story ground straightaway on Middle Eastern folk tales . It is also certainly the case that this does n’t really make up for the fact that the original Aladdin was made without any such involvement from the the great unwashed groups whose story the overpoweringly profitable pic series is base on .
It ’s also also most for sure the case that Middle Eastern and Arabic doer have an highly difficult time chance roles in American media that do not cast them as racist stereotype .
And it is sure the case that Mena Massoud , the actor who played Aladdin in the remake , has gone on the track record recently ( as in , this week ) stating in an interview with the Daily Beast that , since the release of Aladdin , he has not even gottenanother audition , a harrowing reminder of the barriers even the most successful actors of semblance face in the industry .
A series of facts that gain the world of the Prince Anders spinoff , certainly , a bit awkward . To put it gently .
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