Internet Decries ‘Aladdin’ Spinoff For Minor White Character While Main Star Can’t Get An Audition

Bruce Haring

December 6, 2019 at 11:55 p.m.

The only white character in the live action remake of Aladdin is up for a spin-off movie, even though the star of the film apparently can’t get a job. That has the internet hopping mad at the injustice of it all.

Just days after Mena Massoud, the star of the billion-dollar grossing live-action Aladdin, revealed that he hasn’t had a “single audition” since the blockbuster film came out, word has broken that Billy Magnussen, who played minor character Prince Anders, is being written into his own spin-off for Disney+, the company’s streaming service.

Yes, it’s a bad look. One that the internet’s keen observers have called out. See a sample of the outrage below.

There’s literally two animated Aladdin sequels and a whole series that could be adapted but nah let’s give a show to the only white guy https://t.co/oU04Y1zA9X
— EZ🎄☃️❄️ (@alwayspizzatime) December 6, 2019
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I didn’t like Aladdin remake. I don’t even like Mena tbh.
But the fact that an unnecessary white character, that played no significant role in the Aladdin movie is getting a spin off, whilst Mena is jobless is telling. pic.twitter.com/LtTsGs7UNv
— Keshav Kant (@MxKantEven) December 6, 2019

So the dude who plays Aladdin can’t get an audition but the one white dude with one scene in a majority brown cast gets his own movie. Certainly a great look Disney
— gripmonster (@TheGripmonster) December 6, 2019

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