Disney's live-action remake of Aladdin has been hitting the controversy button from the very beginning: It struggled to find actors for its lead characters. And, now the studio has drawing flak for casting a white actor in the film.

Also read: Disney finally finds its Aladdin and Princess Jasmine and it's not Dev Patel or Priyanka Chopra 

The studio is accused of creating a new character just to add "white face" to it. Actor Billy Magnussen has reportedly been cast as Prince Anders, who was not featured in the 1992 animated film.

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According to a Disney press statement, Magnussen's character is described as "a suitor from Skanland and potential husband for Princess Jasmine."

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The filming for Aladdin has just started, but the movie is at the receiving end of criticism rather than escited speculation from fans.

Actor Will Smith took a selfie along with his other co-stars on the first day of the production. Disney took to Twitter to share the photo and captioned it: "Meet the cast of #Aladdin: Will Smith (Genie), @MenaMassoud (Aladdin), @NaomiScott (Jasmine), and Marwan Kenzari (Jafar)! [sic]"

While fans are ok with these characters, they have taken to social media to slam the casting of Magnussen. Take a look what they are saying:

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