12/13/2023 0 Comments Aladin parrotJafar and Iago resent living under the Sultan and Jasmine like how Shakespeare's Iago and Roderigo resent Othello.Several allusions to Shakespeare's Othello are seen: In the end, Iago is dragged into Jafar's lamp with him at the end of the movie and is banished to the Cave of Wonders. The Sultan seems to not know until the end of the first movie that Iago can fully comprehend and converse in human speech and is evil. Iago often says how he hates crackers which the Sultan always force-feeds him. In the first movie, he resents living under the Sultan and Jasmine as much as his owner Jafar does, though he contrasts Jafar's dark brooding with angry, sarcastic ranting. He also mentions in the animated series of having a criminal twin brother named Othello, reference to his name's supposed origins. The play revolves around his devious scheme to find a way to get what he wants-an unpleasant surprise to everyone when he is exposed.Īccording to a piece of conversation in The Return of Jafar, Jafar had picked up Iago in Agrabah's bazaar and reared him as his accomplice in crime. In Shakespeare's play Othello, Iago is the name of the titular protagonist's ensign though believed to be trustworthy, all he cares about is getting himself ahead and his own wants. He (as well as maybe Jafar) is a reference to the character of the same name. His guilt always leads him to do the latter as he lacks a moral conscience his greed leaves him unsatisfied in usually losing some form of reward or riches, for which he always berates himself afterwards. Iago is often put in situations of deciding between saving his own tail feathers or doing the right thing. Iago is arrogant and also known for his notorious greed of treasure and gold, for which he will go to outlandish lengths to acquire, usually dragging along Abu to help him, but Abu's incompetence always costs him. He is easily frustrated and openly vocalizes his frustrations, and avoids direct confrontations if he can help it, but when required, he can be quite cunning and mischievous. He also possesses knowledge of various tricks learned from Jafar. He can speak fluent English and has the ability to perfectly mimic other characters' voices. Iago resembles a red lory, with red feathers and blue tipped wings, bluish-purple tail, and white around the eyes. Gottfried is often referred to as "the Iago guy" and similar terms, being more known by his voice role than by name. Gottfried's unique onstage persona led to him being cast as the wise-cracking Iago. “That seemed to open the door for other voiceover jobs.” that has been one of those things that lives on,” he said. Gilbert Gottfried has said that his voiceover career really began after voicing the character in the 1992 film. Rossio also mentioned, since Iago is too small to contain such emotions, "you end up with a feathered Gilbert Gottfried." Iago's animator Will Finn tried to incorporate some aspects of Gottfried's appearance into Iago's design, especially his semi-closed eyes and the always-appearing teeth. Screenwriter Terry Rossio shared a concept behind Iago on his website Wordplay, in that Jafar transferred his emotions to his pet, allowing him to do magic without distractions. In the original story treatment by Howard Ashman, Iago (previously named Sinbad) had been originally conceived as a "British" calm and serious straight man working off Jafar, who was originally conceived as more over-the-top, comedic, and irritable, but the filmmakers later reversed their personalities in large part in order to make Jafar more threatening and when they saw Gilbert Gottfried in Beverly Hills Cop II, Gottfried was cast to provide Iago's voice. His name is a homage to the villain of William Shakespeare's Othello.ĭevelopment Iago's original voice actor Gilbert Gottfried He reformed for the better over the franchise's run in the sequels and television series, joining the protagonists as an antihero and being a major protagonist in The Return of Jafar. Iago appeared in the original film as a sidekick to the first main villain of the franchise, Jafar, functioning both as comic relief and the secondary antagonist. He was subsquently voiced by Alan Tudyk in the live-action adaptation of Aladdin and by Barrett Leddy in the 2023 Disney+ special, LEGO Disney Princess: The Castle Quest. An anthropomorphic red-plumed talking parrot, he was voiced by American comedian Gilbert Gottfried in all animated appearances up to his death in 2022. Iago is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' 31st animated feature film Aladdin (1992), the direct-to-video sequels The Return of Jafar (1994), Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996), and the television series.
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