A very young man who captured the hearts of many young girls, mixed with a little laughter and a hint of awe. His voice, though mature, still very much like that young Aladdin we knew so well back in 1992. Eager to share his stories and excited about those new souls who get to experience the still resonant and beloved Disney film. Now with its platinum release, including special features like never-before-seen Genie outtakes, Aladdin is out in Blu-Ray and DVD on October 13.

I got to talk to Scott Weinger, the voice of Aladdin, and he shared some beloved memories, being a father, and working as an actor, voice actor, and a full-time writer.

Jessica G. Ferrer from Entertainment Affair: From its release back in '92, Aladdin has only gained popularity. Now with the Blu-ray release, it must be quite exhilarating to relive the experience.
Scott Weinger: It's awesome to see people enjoy it. Now I'm a dad, so I got to see it with my son for the first time thanks to this. Aladdin has been part of my life since I was fifteen years old, which is a long time. But getting to see it as a dad with my kid was spectacular... They did a special screening at the Disney lot and it was incredible because the movie, first of all just for me personally I'm biased because I'm very close to it, so its hard for me to be objective but watching my six year old son and his buddies dying from this movie was such a pleasure. I spent more time watching them watch the movie. It was really great and it made me realize that this movie holds up and it speaks to a new generation.

EA: Scott, you graduated from Harvard and returned to the arts. You consider yourself primarily a writer. When it comes to writing a script for an episode, have you found something specifically helpful to develop and execute a good story that you can share with perhaps aspiring tv writers?
SW: There's an actual process and a science to it, the way you break a story. I've been fortunate to work in drama and comedy, which are very different but the process- there's a specific structure to it... It can be learned. It's a really fun job. Being a tv writer is one of the few jobs in the entertainment business where you can be creative and still have a normal kind of nine-to-five kind of life. It's not necessarily from nine-to-five, by the way, sometimes it's ten-to-two in the morning. I love it so much. I really enjoy it. I love creating characters.

It's funny. Some people have a hard time creating characters. For some people, the challenge is writing other people's characters. Because when you get hired to write on a show, for example the show I write for now, Galavant, I didn't create those characters. Dan Fogelman created them and I have to write them. So I have to be able to match their voices. So that's something that definitely being an actor, I think informed that and helps that, having been an actor first. Last year I wrote Black-ish and Galavant, which are both still on and I'm super proud of them.

EA: Aladdin would not be complete without all of its characters, including the genie, played by the beloved and unforgettable Robin Williams. I know that voice over work doesn't necessarily mean you've worked with the other characters, so my question is did you work with him and if so what did you learn from Williams both as an actor and as an individual?
SW: Oh yeah! Well, first of all I was probably the biggest Robin Williams fan on earth when I got that part. For me, it was like winning the lottery to get to work with him like that. It was like a dream come true. Even before I knew the name Robin Williams, I loved him from Mork & Mindy. I had a Mork doll. It came in a little egg and you would crack it open and there was a Mork in there. When I got the part, when I was just a teen, my ultimate favorite movie was Dead Poets Society.

I give myself a lot of credit that I was just a kid and that i got to work with this amazing guy... I was able to keep it together, which is mostly do to him being such a professional. He was very calmed... and in the recording studio we would discuss the going through the storyboards and talk about it and he was very soft spoken. And then once they would roll tape, then Robin Williams would turn on, the one that we all know. It was incredible. I remember very vividly.

Aladdin Diamond Edition is now available on Digital HD & Disney Movies Anywhere. On Blu-ray Oct 13!