History Trivia / Aladdin2019

** Creator/GabrielIglesias was the second choice for the part of the Genie before Creator/WillSmith was cast.

* BillingDisplacement: Will Smith gets top billing, for obvious reasons, despite The Genie not being the main protagonist. For the DVD/Blu-Ray release, [[BilledAboveTheTitle Smith's name appears above the title]].

** Creator/AvanJogia, Creator/RizAhmed, and Creator/DevPatel were considered for the titular part before Creator/MenaMassoud was cast.

** In Brazilian Portuguese, Márcio Simões reprises the Genie, as he's the official voice of Will Smith.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/GilbertGottfried, who famously voiced Iago in the original film and has reprised the role in all other ''Aladdin''-related projects, was upset that he wasn't asked to star in the live-action adaptation. This has some sense, considering that Creator/JamesEarlJones was brought back to reprise his role as Mufasa in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|2019}}''.

** In the Latin American Spanish dub, Arturo Mercado Jr. replaces Rubén Trujillo as the voice of the Genie. He also replaces Smith's regular voice actor, Juan Alfonso Carralero.

* FakeAmerican: As per the animated film, Jasmine's accent is American, but her actress, Creator/NaomiScott, is English. Conversely, two other American actors, Navid Negahban(the Sultan) and Creator/NasimPedrad(Dalia), use normal Arabic accents to portray their characters.

** [[https://twitter.com/johnaugust/status/1200632822366498817?s=20 According to writer John August]], Prince Anders was supposed to be one of [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Prince Hans' brothers]], but [[ExecutiveMeddling Disney vetoed it]] presumably to avoid complications with an implied SharedUniverse.

* {{Jossed}}: There was minor controversy at the rumor that Creator/TomHardy was Guy Ritchie's preferred choice for the part of Jafar. Whatever the case, it didn't come to pass, and Marwan Kenzari was cast.

** In the French dubs (both European and Canadian), Anthony Kavanagh replaces both Creator/RichardDarbois and Mario Desmarais for the Genie's voice. He also replaces the usual French dubbing actor of Will Smith, Greg Germain.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/GilbertGottfried, who famously voiced Iago in the original film and all other ''Aladdin''-related projects, was upset that he wasn't asked to reprise his role for the live-action adaptation. This has some sense, considering that Creator/JamesEarlJones was brought back to reprise his role as Mufasa in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|2019}}''.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/GilbertGottfried, who has voiced Iago in all other ''Aladdin''-related projects, was upset that he wasn't asked to reprise his role for the live-action adaptation. This has some sense, considering that Creator/JamesEarlJones was brought back to reprise his role as Mufasa in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|2019}}''.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/GilbertGottfried, who voiced Iago in the original films and TV series, was upset that he wasn't asked to reprise his role for the live-action adaptation. This has some sense, considering that Creator/JamesEarlJones was brought back to reprise his role as Mufasa in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|2019}}''.

* FakeAmerican: As per the animated film, Jasmine's accent is American, but her actress, Creator/NaomieScott, is English. Conversely, two other American actors, Navid Negahban(the Sultan) and Creator/NasimPedrad(Dalia), use normal Arabic accents to portray their characters.

** In the Japanese dub, Creator/KoichiYamadera, who voiced the Genie in the dub of the [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} animated film]], [[https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/325334 reprises that role again]]. He had dubbed over Will Smith in a couple movies such as ''Film/IAmLegend''.

** [[https://twitter.com/johnaugust/status/1200632822366498817?s=20 According to writer John August]], Prince Anders was supposed to be one of [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Prince Hans' brothers]], but [[ExecutiveMeddling Disney vetoed it]] presumably to avoid complications with an implied SharedUniverse.

* SequelGap: 23 years after ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves''.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The reason that Aladdin and Jasmine get AdaptationalModesty on their costumes.

** Creator/AvanJogia, Creator/RizAhmed, and Creator/DevPatel were considered to play the title role before Creator/MenaMassoud was cast.

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/GilbertGottfried, who voiced Iago in the original films and TV series, was upset that he wasn't asked to reprise his role for the live-action adaptation.

* MissingTrailerScene:
** Some of the trailers (like this one, [[https://youtu.be/lgskk192v8Q?t=3 "Within"]]), featured a sequence with Aladdin staring at Jasmine - apparently going through LoveAtFirstSight. It is not in the final cut, as Aladdin helps Jasmine without looking at her first.

** In the French dubs (both Canadian and European), Anthony Kavanagh replaces both Creator/RichardDarbois and Mario Desmarais for the Genie's voice. He also replaces the usual French dubbing actor of Will Smith, Greg Germain.

** In the Latin American Spanish dub, Arturo Mercado Jr. replaced Rubén Trujillo as the voice of the Genie. He also replaces Smith's regular voice actor, Juan Alfonso Carralero.
** Anthony Kavanagh replaces Creator/RichardDarbois for the Genie's voice. He also replaces the usual French dubbing actor of Will Smith, Greg Germain.

** In the Latin American Spanish dub, Arturo Mercado Jr. replaces Will Smith's regular voice actor, Juan Alfonso Carralero, as the Genie.

** Creator/AlanTudyk as the voice of Iago, marking the first time that someone other than Creator/GilbertGottfried has played the character.