Will Smith has joined his co-stars on the "magic carpet" for the London premiere of Aladdin.
He joined the likes of Naomi Scott, who plays Princess Jasmine, and Mena Massoud, who stars as Aladdin, for the glitzy bash.
Smith stepped into Robin Williams’ shoes to play the Genie in the new live-action version of the Disney classic.
Speaking ahead of the screening in Leicester Square, the Men in Black star described how he first found taking on role “deeply stressful”.
Williams was widely acclaimed for lending his voice to the magical genie in the original film.
Discussing this on the red carpet at Thursday’s screening, Smith said: "It was deeply stressful and troubling first thinking about that.
"What Robin Williams did with the Genie was revolutionary in animation, actors didn't even know you could do that, he introduced an idea and a way to come at these movies.
"So I watched that (the 1992 animation) about four or five times and it was the music that really gave me the in, because of my old school hip hop music background I felt that I could create a new signature for the Genie.
"What Robin Williams did is essentially infuse the character with his stand-up persona and when I thought about doing the Genie in that way that got my mind into 'oh I can just infuse the persona that people have known for the past 20 years into a heightened character and capture a nostalgia, while at the same time creating something new'."
Smith stars in the film opposite newcomer Massoud in the title role and British actress Naomi Scott as Jasmine.
He said he was bowled over by the scale of the production.
Smith said: "There is a sequence in this movie, the Prince Ali sequence (when Aladdin masquerades as a royal), where there is 1,000 extras and dancers and horses and it's one of the biggest dance sequences you will ever see in movie and it's the sequence I'm most proud of in the movie."
Aladdin is released in UK cinemas on May 22.
Additional reporting by PA
