隨著今年初 Disney 推出的真人版電影《Beauty and the Beast 美女與野獸》於全球締造驚人票房佳績後，近期官方也如火如荼籌備下一部經典題材《Aladdin 阿拉丁》，卻在選角方面卻迎來外界的批評聲浪。然而，這些都沒有阻止片商最終的決定，如期宣布電影正式開拍。
It's official！
We just started shooting Aladdin and I wanted to intro you guys to our new family… Mena Massoud/Aladdin, Naomi Scott/Princess Jasmine, Marwan Kenzari/Jafar, and I’m over here gettin my Genie on. Here we go!
Posted by Will Smith on Wednesday, September 6, 2017
早前，飾演「神燈精靈」角色的 Will Smith 透過 Facebook 分享自拍合照，畫面中《Aladdin》主要演員一同入鏡，開心地用手指著鏡頭，寫下：「我們剛開始拍攝阿拉丁，我想和大家介紹我們的新家庭... Mena Massoud 飾演『阿拉丁』， Naomi Scott 飾演『茉莉公主』，Marwan Kenzari 飾演『賈方』，我在這裡詮釋的是『精靈』。電影正式開拍囉！」
此外，揮別過去卡通原著的內容橋段，早前電影公司更進一步透露真人版電影《Aladdin》將加入全新的角色，並隨即宣布新的演員人選，卻再次迎來大批網友的負面評論。
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Billy Magnussen x Prince Anders
根據《THR》報導，32 歲美國男星 Billy Magnussen 確定加入真人版電影《Aladdin》，詮釋劇中新增加的角色「Prince Anders（安德斯王子）」，儘管官方尚未透露這項角色背景細節，但從「王子」的頭銜切入，他極有可能介入阿拉丁和茉莉公主之間的關係，製造更多戲劇張力。
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然而，對於這項角色的加入與決定，外界紛紛不太領情，認為電影公司刻意「白化」，在濃濃的中東色彩的故事主軸中，安排金髮碧眼白皮膚的角色似乎特顯突兀，懷疑片商對於全是中東、阿拉伯裔、非裔演員陣容沒信心，寧可不忠於原動畫也要新增白人角色，讓更多網友持續加入討論。
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
White dude who was shoehorned into a movie about Bruce Lee... is getting shoehorned into the live action #Aladdin movie 🙄 https://t.co/J2wNk1L37l
— The Nerds of Color (@TheNerdsofColor) September 6, 2017
they did not just rewrite Aladdin?? Just to add a white person into it?? Right in front of my salad?? https://t.co/bmoTX8gaT2
— #defendDACA (@VancityReynIds) September 6, 2017
Did disney just create an entire different plot for Aladdin so they can have a white character
— ifrah (@THECHRlSEVANS) September 6, 2017
This new character for #aladdin makes me sad to be white, the Aladdin world has no white people sorry but we don't need to be in everything pic.twitter.com/jaj2JWqn6m
— Ashley ®© ➰ (@Ashleyfangirl) September 6, 2017
Disney can make a frame by frame remake of Beauty and the Beast, but Aladdin needs to be altered?! The animated film was perfect wtf! pic.twitter.com/pcz2k4rXyX
— ferdosa @ TIFF (@atomicwick) September 6, 2017
Cover via : Will Smith / 《Aladdin 》
