Editing Aladdin (1992 Disney film) (section)

=== Robin Williams's conflicts with the studio ===
[[File:Robin Williams 1996.jpg|thumb|upright|Initially, Robin Williams voiced the Genie under the condition that his voice not be used for excessive marketing or merchandising.]]
In gratitude for his success with [[Touchstone Pictures]]'s ''[[Good Morning, Vietnam]]'', Robin Williams voiced the Genie for [[Screen Actors Guild|SAG]] scale pay ($75,000) instead of his usual asking fee of $8&nbsp;million, on the condition that neither his name nor image be used for marketing, and that his character take no more than 25% of space on advertising artwork, since Williams's film, [[Toys (film)|''Toys'']], was scheduled for release one month after ''Aladdin''{{'}}s debut. For financial reasons, the studio reneged on both counts, especially in poster art, by having the Genie in 25% of the image but having other major and supporting characters portrayed considerably smaller. The [[Disney Publishing Worldwide|Disney Hyperion]] book, ''Aladdin: The Making of an Animated Film'', lists both of Williams's characters, "the Peddler" and "the Genie", ahead of main characters, but was forced to refer to him as only "the actor signed to play the Genie".<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1992/12/04/aladdin-gamble/ |title=Disney's Got A Brand-New Baghdad 1 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 4, 1992 |access-date=March 16, 2007 |first=Steve |last=Daly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806042954/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C312562%2C00.html |archive-date=August 6, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1992/12/04/aladdin-gamble/ |title=Disney's Got A Brand-New Baghdad 2 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 4, 1992 |access-date=March 16, 2007 |first=Steve |last=Daly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025122146/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C312562_2%2C00.html |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/ew/article/0,,312562_3,00.html |title=Disney's Got A Brand-New Baghdad 3 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 4, 1992 |access-date=March 16, 2007 |first=Steve |last=Daly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025122132/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C312562_3%2C00.html |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Genie Has a Gripe With Disney : Movies: Robin Williams goes public with his beef with Disney over 'Aladdin' marketing and says he won't work for 'the Mouse' again.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-25-ca-60882-story.html}}</ref>

Disney, while not using Williams's name in commercials as per the contract, used his voice for the Genie in the commercials and used the Genie character to sell toys and fast food tie-ins, without having to pay Williams additional money. Williams unhappily quipped at the time, "You realize when you work for Disney why the mouse has only four fingers--because he can’t pick up a check." Williams explained to ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine that his previous ''[[Mork & Mindy]]'' merchandising was different because "the image is theirs. But the voice, that's me; I gave them myself. When it happened, I said, 'You know I don't do that.' And they [Disney] apologized; they said it was done by other people."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-25-ca-60882-story.html|title=The Genie Has a Gripe With Disney|last=Welkos|first=Robert W.|date=November 25, 1993|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=February 12, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|archive-date=March 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318071017/http://articles.latimes.com/1993-11-25/entertainment/ca-60882_1_robin-williams|url-status=live}}</ref>

Disney attempted to assuage Williams by sending him a [[Pablo Picasso]] painting worth more than $1&nbsp;million, but this move failed to repair the damaged relationship, as the painting was a self-portrait of Picasso as [[Vincent van Gogh]], and apparently really "clashed" with the Williams's wilder home decor.<ref>{{cite web|last=Weisman|first=Aly|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/robin-williams-disney-feud-picasso-gift-2014-11|title=Robin Williams Once Got So Upset With Disney That The Company Sent Him A$1 Million Picasso Peace Offering|website=[[Business Insider]]|date=November 19, 2014|access-date=May 5, 2017|archive-date=March 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321133407/http://www.businessinsider.com/robin-williams-disney-feud-picasso-gift-2014-11|url-status=live}}</ref> Williams refused to sign for the 1994 direct-to-video sequel ''[[The Return of Jafar]]'', and he was replaced by [[Dan Castellaneta]] as the Genie's voice actor. When [[Jeffrey Katzenberg]] was replaced by [[Joe Roth]] as chairman at Walt Disney Studios, Roth organized a public apology to Williams.<ref>{{cite news|last=Welkos|first=Robert|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-10-24-ca-54095-story.html|title=Abracadabra: Disney, Robin Williams Quit Feud|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=October 24, 1994|access-date=July 12, 2017|archive-date=June 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614154408/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-10-24/entertainment/ca-54095_1_robin-williams|url-status=live}}</ref> In turn, Williams would reprise the role in the second sequel, ''[[Aladdin and the King of Thieves]]'', in 1996.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-27-ca-50412-story.html | title=Genie Grants Disney's Video Wish : Marketing: Robin Williams will reprise his 'Aladdin' role in 'King of Thieves,' continuing the emergence of direct-to-video projects as an industry gold mine. | last=Cerone | first=Daniel Howard | newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=September 27, 1995 | access-date=August 15, 2014 | archive-date=May 12, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512082228/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-27-ca-50412-story.html | url-status=live }}</ref>