Will Smith reveals how playing the Genie in Aladdin made him 'feel sexy'
Will Smith felt 'sexy' while playing the Genie in Aladdin.
The 50-year-old actor was cast as the iconic character in Guy Ritchie's live action take on the classic tale and he said he felt very confident in his appearance during filming.
'I was feeling sexy about myself as the genie. I felt sexy about myself,' the Fresh Prince Of Bel Air star, 50, told Entertainment Tonight with a laugh.
Self confidence: Will Smith said that he was 'feeling sexy' about himself while playing the Genie in Aladdin
And he admitted he aspires to be like the Genie in real life.
He said: 'This movie has a lot of really great ideas that I love and the concept of the Genie, somebody whose whole existence is dedicated to helping people find themselves and create the lives that they want, that aspect is almost the purest definition of love.
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'So for me playing the Genie - you're always looking for something that you can connect to with a character that's authentic - that devotion and dedication is what I aspire to with my life.'
Giver: He said: 'This movie has a lot of really great ideas that I love and the concept of the Genie, somebody whose whole existence is dedicated to helping people find themselves and create the lives that they want, that aspect is almost the purest definition of love' he said
However, Will previously admitted he worried he wouldn't be able to match the performance given by the late Robin Williams, who voiced the character of the Genie in the 1992 animated adventure.
He said: 'The genie will say anything or do anything, there's a certain madness to the genie - that was the fun that Robin Williams created so I was trying to find what that meant, with a little more of a Fresh Prince twist to it.
'I wanted to create something that was both nostalgic but also had a little bit new school sometimes...
Hard to match: Will previously admitted he worried he wouldn't be able to match the performance given by the late Robin Williams, who voiced the character of the Genie in the 1992 animated adventure (above)
'It was quite stressful and daunting. Robin Williams did not leave much room to improve on the Genie.
'Fun is what Robin Williams did so well with the Genie and I've been trying so hard to capture that.'
Aladdin comes out Friday May 24.
