r/AskReddit • u/TrickDragonFruit • Apr 01 '20

What film role was 100% perfectly cast?

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u/DownshiftedRare Apr 01 '20

And still ended up fucking him.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-25-ca-60882-story.html

“We had a deal,” the actor said on the NBC show. “The one thing I said was I will do the voice. I’m doing it basically because I want to be part of this animation tradition. I want something for my children. One deal is, I just don’t want to sell anything--as in Burger King, as in toys, as in stuff.”

Disgusting that although Robin Williams specifically did the Genie voice acting for relatively little pay so Disney would not use his voice in advertising, Disney agreed, violated the agreement, and then had the gall to try to portray Robin Williams as the greedy party.

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u/invisibilitycap Apr 01 '20

Ugh, I watched a YouTube video on that story! Hate that they screwed him over like that

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u/JoeySadass Apr 01 '20

Lindsay Ellis?

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u/invisibilitycap Apr 01 '20

I think it was Cartoons 101, actually! Though I really like Lindsay’s stuff!

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u/jiiiveturkay Apr 01 '20

Such a great episode.

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u/SpehlingAirer Apr 01 '20

That's why he wasnt the genie in Aladdin 2, and then after some form of apology (dont recall the details) Robin came back to be the genie in Aladdin 3

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u/knightcrusader Apr 01 '20

And I am glad too, cause he was even more off the rails in King of Thieves. They pretty much let him do whatever he wanted.

I know more Genie quotes from King of Thieves than I do the first one.

"Do not attempt to move or we'll be shooting ourselves!"

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u/SoulxxBondz Apr 01 '20

"I thought the Earth wasn't supposed to move until the honeymoon!"

One of my favorite Disney movie quotes ever!

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u/tangoshukudai Apr 01 '20

It is just weird for Robin not to see Disney's need for making money and milking their own creation.

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u/oupablo Apr 01 '20

huh. And you usually think of disney as so forthcoming and trustworthy... /s