Social media users have been rubbed the wrong way by Will Smith鈥檚 blue Genie in the .
The short clip premiered Sunday night and viewers were quick to voice their reactions online.
鈥淭otally sold up until I saw the genie,鈥� wrote one user.
鈥淣o one will ever do that role better than Robin Williams,鈥� wrote another.
At the end of the new preview for the live-action remake, in theatres May 24, Canadian actor Mena Massoud鈥檚 Aladdin is shown rubbing the magical oil lamp that contains Genie. Smith鈥檚 character comes out of the object in a stream of blue and is revealed as the shirtless, blue-bodied straight-talking spirit. But Aladdin is confused.
鈥淵ou really don鈥檛 know who I am? Genie, wishes, lamp -- none of that ringing a bell?鈥� he says before the trailer ends.
It wasn鈥檛 ringing a bell for a lot of viewers, who compared the new Genie to other characters like the aliens of Avatar or the Blue Man Group.
No one told me was one of the 鈥楢vatar鈥� sequels.
鈥� Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold)
Nothing prepared me for blue genie Will Smith.
First look at Will Smith as the Genie in the up coming live action Aladdin
鈥� Xanny DeVito (@trevorstweetss)
I was here for the new trailer until I saw Will Smith as an Avatar instead of the genie
鈥� Weslee #TeamMonique #TeamTrinity (@WSpark98NZ)
Yeah.. the Aladdin trailer looks interesting... Why they made Will Smith's Genie look like the Blue Hulk meets the Blue Man Group?!??!!! ����������������������������������������鈥嶁檪锔���鈥嶁檪锔���鈥嶁檪锔���鈥嶁檪锔���鈥嶁檪锔���鈥嶁檪锔�
鈥� MylestheStyles94 (@MylesWhite94)
