The urchin, or Aladdin, uses a genie’s magic to impress Princess Jasmine. Aladdin only comes across the Genie when Jafar tricks him into going into the Cave of Wonders.

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Alan Tudyk is officially molting. The actor is voicing Iago, the wise-cracking parrot sidekick to the villain Jafar (Marwan Kenzari) in Disney's live-action film 'Aladdin,' due in theaters May 24.

While the first teaser for Disney’s live-action Aladdin remake didn’t show much of anything about the movie, we did get a sneaky look at one of the original animation’s fan-favorite characters.

Jafar in this Aladdin will be played by Marwan Kenzari, alongside Will Smith ’s Genie, Mena Massoud’s Aladdin, Naomi Scott’s Jasmine, Navid Negahban’s Sultan and Nasim Pedrad in a new role ...

Iago has actually already been spotted flying around very briefly in a few clips released by Aladdin, but he has not yet been shown to speak. The parrot was a standout character for many fans of ...

In Aladdin, Iago is Jafar's sardonic, hot-tempered righthand parrot. You see the parallels we're drawing. Though the rest of the story has nothing to do with Shakespeare, it's a point worth making.

We also see Jafar’s pet parrot Iago, Jasmine’s pet tiger Rajah, and Aladdin’s pet monkey Abu. We already caught a glimpse at Mena Massoud as the titular urchin in the first teaser trailer ...

This ensemble kept the audience chuckling throughout the evening. Of course, no story-line would be complete without a villain, Jafar (Patrick R. Brown) and his side-kick, Iago (Reggie De Leon).

We still don't know if Aladdin's little monkey friend, Abu, will be in the movie, but we're glad to have Iago. Disney's official synopsis and cast did not list anyone voicing Iago, but we'd love ...