The first photos from the live-actionAladdinhave been released — and the internet can’t stop talking about Hot Jafar!Entertainment Weeklyunveiledfirst-look photosfrom the upcoming live-action version of the Disney classic on Wednesday. The film starsWill Smithas the genie while Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott play Aladdin and Princess Jasmine.But it’s the movie’s bad guy who has a lot of the internet sweltering like Agrabah in August. Commentators immediately dubbed Marwan Kenzari “Hot Jafar.”The 35-year-old Dutch actor, whose parents are Tunisian immigrants, had a small role as the conductor in 2017’sMurder on the Orient Express, alongside a star-studded cast that includedPenélope CruzandKenneth Branagh. He also appeared in the last year’sThe Mummy, starringTom Cruise, and 2016’sBen-Hurremake.Daniel Smith/DisneyKenzari has also won multiple Best Actor awards at festivals in Europe for his role as a kickboxer drawn into the criminal underworld in the 2013 Dutch filmWolf.He’s also an experienced theater actor and a graduate of the prestigious Theatre Academy Maastricht. He grew up in a poor neighborhood in The Hague andtoldVarietyhe started acting as a teenager when a girl he was seeing signed them both up for auditions for a production of the musicalChicago.Naomi Scott and Mena Massoud.Daniel Smith/DisneyOpposite Kenzari in the new Disney production are Massoud and Scott as Aladdin and Princess Jasmine. Scott started out in television, starring on the showsLife BitesandTerra Nova.BesidesAladdin, she’s also set to star in 2019’sCharlie’s Angelsreboot.Massoud was most recently seen in theJohn KrasinskiAmazon hitTom Clancy’s Jack Ryanalong with other television series, includingOpen HeartandThe 99.Aladdinhits theaters May 24, 2019.
The first photos from the live-actionAladdinhave been released — and the internet can’t stop talking about Hot Jafar!
Entertainment Weeklyunveiledfirst-look photosfrom the upcoming live-action version of the Disney classic on Wednesday. The film starsWill Smithas the genie while Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott play Aladdin and Princess Jasmine.
But it’s the movie’s bad guy who has a lot of the internet sweltering like Agrabah in August. Commentators immediately dubbed Marwan Kenzari “Hot Jafar.”
The 35-year-old Dutch actor, whose parents are Tunisian immigrants, had a small role as the conductor in 2017’sMurder on the Orient Express, alongside a star-studded cast that includedPenélope CruzandKenneth Branagh. He also appeared in the last year’sThe Mummy, starringTom Cruise, and 2016’sBen-Hurremake.
Daniel Smith/Disney
Kenzari has also won multiple Best Actor awards at festivals in Europe for his role as a kickboxer drawn into the criminal underworld in the 2013 Dutch filmWolf.He’s also an experienced theater actor and a graduate of the prestigious Theatre Academy Maastricht. He grew up in a poor neighborhood in The Hague andtoldVarietyhe started acting as a teenager when a girl he was seeing signed them both up for auditions for a production of the musicalChicago.
Naomi Scott and Mena Massoud.Daniel Smith/Disney
Opposite Kenzari in the new Disney production are Massoud and Scott as Aladdin and Princess Jasmine. Scott started out in television, starring on the showsLife BitesandTerra Nova.BesidesAladdin, she’s also set to star in 2019’sCharlie’s Angelsreboot.
Massoud was most recently seen in theJohn KrasinskiAmazon hitTom Clancy’s Jack Ryanalong with other television series, includingOpen HeartandThe 99.
Aladdinhits theaters May 24, 2019.
source: people.com
