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Aladdin Star Scott Weinger Remembers First Time He Met Robin Williams: 'I'll Be Your Genie'

Scott Weinger, the actor who lent his voice to the title character in Disney's 1992 animated classic 'Aladdin,' tells PEOPLE what he remembers of the first time he met his costar Robin Williams. "He shook my hand and he said, 'I'll be your genie,' which I thought was very cool," Weinger says.

Robin Williams' Aladdin costar Scott Weinger is reflecting on working with one of his childhood heroes ten years after the comedy legend's death. Weinger, 48, was just 15 years old when he first met Williams, who died on Aug. 11, 2014, at 63, to begin production on Disney's 1992 animated classic Aladdin. Weinger says he idolized Williams' work from a young age and recalls that the late actor's 1980 film Popeye was one of the two movies his family owned with their first VCR set.

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