Voice of Disney's Princess Jasmine Says She andAladdinCast Keep in Touch 32 Years Later: 'It's Continuous' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Aladdinvoice stars Scott Weinger and Linda Larkin in Los Angeles on Feb. 25, 2023.Photo:Paul Archuleta/Getty

Paul Archuleta/Getty

2024 might be a whole new world in some ways compared to 1992, but theAladdincast are still close 32 years later.

“I keep in touch with everybody,” says Larkin, 54. “I was just with Jonathan Freeman this past weekend right before I came on board the ship. I was with him for three days at an event. We really try to work together as much as possible. We still record our voices for Disney,”

“All of us do the current voices, as well,” she adds. “But we rarely get to work in the studio together; they usually have us come in individually. So it’s live events where we get to see each other.”

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Aladdin(1992).Walt Disney/ Courtesy Everett Collection

Walt Disney/ Courtesy Everett Collection

Larkin, Weinger, 49, and Freeman, 74, were among a star-studded cast that also included well-known actors like the lateRobin Williams(Genie) andGilbert Gottfried(Iago).

Broadway starLea Salongaprovided the singing voice for Princess Jasmine (and, later, the titular warrior princess in 1998’sMulan), whileBrad Kanedid the same for Aladdin himself.

And when Larkin and her former castmates do get together nowadays, their dynamic is “absolutely continuous,” she tells PEOPLE.

“We’ve been friends for 34 years — so for Scott and me, our whole adult lives. And it’s just a legacy that we share that is very unique to us,” Larkin explains.

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Linda Larkin and Scott Weinger in Beverly Hills, California, on April 10, 1993.Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty

Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty

Larkin’s own experience as the voice of Princess Jasmine is something that has evolved in a beautiful way over the last three decades, includingbeing named a Disney Legendin 2011 alongside fellow Disney PrincessesJodi Benson(The Little Mermaid’s Ariel),Paige O’Hara(Beauty and the Beast’s Belle) andAnika Noni Rose(The Princess and the Frog’s Tiana), as well as Salonga, 53.

“That a new generation would come along, that they would draw something from the character of Jasmine and reflect it back to me, and then create an opportunity for me to understand the character in a new way,” Larkin says.

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source: people.com