Naomi Scott and Mena Massoud hit the purple carpet at the premiere of Aladdin in London, England!
The three stars posed for pictures on the red carpet alongside co-stars Will Smith and Marwen Kenzari and director Guy Ritchie at the event, held at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on Thursday night (May 9).
Guy was joined by his wife, Jacqui, at the event. Naomi was joined by her husband, Jordan Spence.
This is the second stop on the Magic Carpet World Tour, which will continue over the next two weeks. You can keep up with all the events with the hashtag #MagicCarpetTour.
Aladdin is set to hit theaters on May 24th.
FYI: Naomi wore a custom Burberry dress with De Beers jewels. Jordan also wore Burberry. Mena wore Ermenegildo Zegna XXX.
Zayn walks through a dark park while singing out Aladdin “A Whole New World.”
The 26-year-old musician sings along with former The Four singer Zhavia for a new spin on the classic tune, which will be featured in the film’s end credits and on the Walt Disney Records soundtrack, available today (May 9).
The new updated rendition of the classic song is produced by Saltwives aka Alex Oriet and David Phelan, and the music video was directed by Philip Andelman.
“The selection of artists, producer and tonal direction was critical for the success of updating a classic song like this,” said Mitchell Leib, president of Music & Soundtracks for the Walt Disney Studios. “ZAYN‘s vocals are like no other and his artistic imprint immediately brought a contemporary and diverse presence. Additionally, ZAYN could have chosen any artist in the world to collaborate with on the duet, but he personally selected Zhavia for her unique perspective, powerful vocal abilities and to platform a talented new artist, ensuring that the audience could discover this song, again, for the first time.”
Stream “A Whole New World” on Spotify and download it on iTunes now!
ZAYN & Zhavia Ward – ‘A Whole New World’ (End Title) [From Aladdin]
The castmates attended the film’s premiere – including a gala screening, photo call, and press conference – at Le Grand Rex on Wednesday (May 8).
They were joined by director Guy Ritchie and composer Alan Menken.
The City of Light was the first stop on the Magic Carpet World Tour that will continue over the next two weeks, which you can follow at #MagicCarpetTour.
Don’t miss Aladdin when it hits theaters on May 24!
Mena Massoud‘s press tour for Aladdin is in full swing and he’s opening up about the process for auditioning for the movie.
The 27-year-old actor stopped by the Build Series for an interview on Monday (May 6) in New York City.
“I sent in an audition tape when it came out to the world. They had put on all these public casting calls and my agent sent me a request to put in a tape. And then we didn’t hear anything for four months. Usually, as an actor, if you didn’t hear back in a month, it’s usually dead in the water, so I moved on from it as actors do and I forgot about it,” Mena said.
“Four months later we get a call… so from that point things picked up. I did another tape. I flew to London twice to test for it with Naomi [Scott] a few times. And then I booked it,” he added.
Aladdin really does give Jasmine the best view of Agrabah in this new clip from Aladdin.
The scene is right before the iconic “A Whole New World”.
“Filming it, you’re surrounded by blue screen, you’re on this foam carpet that kind of moves and is really uncomfortable, and the wind’s blowing,” Naomi Scott recently shared with USA Today about the scene.
She continues, In people’s minds, you think, ‘Oh my gosh, that must have been the most magical moment,’ when really it probably wasn’t. Poor Mena’s [Massoud] not got very strong ankles so he’s kneeling on this flipping foam thing going, ‘When are we done?!’”
“That’s the reality of it. But when I see it on screen is when I think it will hit me.”
The flick is out in theaters on May 24th. Check out the clip below!
