Aladdin and Jasmine Take a Magic Carpet Ride in New Scene from Disney's Live-Action Remake Aladdin, also starring Will Smith, Billy Magnussen and Nasim Pedrad, opens on May 24 ...

NEW YORK -- One woman got a magic carpet ride to Broadway. Actress Mikayla Renfrow got the call to play Jasmine in "Aladdin." The only problem was that she was on an international flight at the time.

Broadway actor Mikayla Renfrow, an understudy for "Aladdin," was on a flight from Europe back to the U.S. when she received a call to fill in the lead role of Jasmine.

One cast member for Aladdin ‘s Broadway production got to take a real-life magic carpet ride in order to make it onstage in time for the show to start. On Monday, Jasmine understudy Mikayla ...