Aladdin jobless and asking for handouts :/

[Primetime]

Aladdin's Mena Massoud Hasn't Had an Audition Since the Disney Remake

Mena Massoud, the titular star of Disney's live-action remake of Aladdin, revealed that he has been unable to get any auditions for any new roles since the film's release.

“I’m kind of tired of staying quiet about it,” he told The Daily Beast. “I want people to know that it’s not always dandelions and roses when you’re doing something like Aladdin. ‘He must have made millions. He must be getting all these offers.’ It’s none of those things. I haven’t had a single audition since Aladdin came out.”

“It’s wild to a lot of people,” he continued. “People have these ideas in their head. It’s like, I'm sitting here being like, OK, Aladdin just hit $1 billion. Can I at least get an audition? Like I’m not expecting you to be like, here’s Batman. But can I just get in the room? Like, can you just give me a chance? So it’s not always what you think.”

As Massoud noted, Aladdin went on to gross over $1 billion, becoming one of the most successful films of the year. Massoud beat out 2,000 other for the role, but has been unable to translate that success to other projects.

Massoud can be seen next in Hulu's Reprisal. He auditioned for that role after Aladdin wrapped and before the film was released.

Riff raff

street rat

 

[Primetime]

I don't, buy that


If only they'd look closer

 

[Take It In Blood]

he might be too picky with his roles

Jamie Foxx won an Oscar with Ray and then immeitialy went back to making shytty movies to pay the bills

sometimes u gotta sacrifice ur artistic integrity, swallow ur pride (and probably some execs nutt, pause) and do bottom of the barrel crap to pay the bills

stop being choosey nikka and take that b movie role

 

[MikelArteta]

Yeah we all know Disney pays peanuts. Dude prob got like 250k for that role

 

[Ribbs]

What's the agent doing because they have as much blame for the lack of roles.

And we all know this game when it comes to middle eastern actors and the roles they get. GQ even did a spotlight on it a few years back.

 

[OJ Simpsom]

If we keeping it 100 he isn't that good of an actor. His goofiness just fit the Aladdin role.

 

[Paper Boi]

 

[Deltron]

wasn't even top tier in the movie.

he was probably like 4th best

 

[Oldschooler]

A goofy looking arab doesn't fit in many role situations....who cares that aladdin made 1 billion they would have made that regardless of who was chosen.

 

[Shaman]

UPS is hiring

 

[MidniteJay]

What's the agent doing because they have as much blame for the lack of roles.

And we all know this game when it comes to middle eastern actors and the roles they get. GQ even did a spotlight on it a few years back.

Yeah, agent could have him eat at one of these streaming services like Netflix.

 

[ThePsydeFX]

Riz Ahmed got his lane covered for main/supporting roles in movies it looked like.

To not be able to get an audition even sounds like he needs a change to whoever is repping him.

 

[Ziggiy]

Will Smith and Disney nostalgia made that movie a hit.


He didn’t do a BAD job by any means but it wasn’t one of those “A Star Is Born” type moments for him


Hope he can pull through and get more work. Like I said he wasn’t the best but he didn’t suck either

 

[NoGutsNoGLory]

he might be too picky with his roles

Jamie Foxx won an Oscar with Ray and then immeitialy went back to making shytty movies to pay the bills

sometimes u gotta sacrifice ur artistic integrity, swallow ur pride (and probably some execs nutt, pause) and do bottom of the barrel crap to pay the bills

stop being choosey nikka and take that b movie role

Collateral and Django were awsome

 

[ThaBronxBully]

Him And Will Smith Were Hamming It Up On The Red Carpets

Now I Just Imagine Him Calling Will And Will Being Like “Who Are You Again!?”