Will Smith lets the Genie out of the bottle about Aladdin

It's been a while since we’ve seen the inimitable Will Smith in a new movie. Now he’s back with a bang — as the Genie in the live-action adaptation of Disney classic, Aladdin. But the 50-year-old is glad he took that break from acting.

“I spent those couple of years really learning and growing and expanding,” notes the Philadelphia-born star, whose breakout role was Nineties sitcom The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.