'Aladdin' remake redefines a Disney princess with Naomi Scott’s Jasmine

[The Patriot]

'Aladdin' remake redefines a Disney princess with Naomi Scott’s Jasmine

05-24-2019 06:51 AM

Growing up in England, Naomi Scott, like so many other young girls, fell in love at an early age with Disney’s animated heroines - particularly Mulan, Pocahontas and Jasmine from "Aladdin." But while those three are officially part of Disney’s juggernaut princess line of media franchises and toys, alongside the likes of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Belle and Ariel, it wasn’t their ostensible princess-y trappings that enthralled Scott. It was something deeper.


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