According to Deadline, Numan Acar has been brought on to the new Aladdin movie to play Hakim, “the head of the guards and Afar’s right-hand man.”
Then again, if Hakim ends up being a source of comedic relief, maybe Jafar would be better off without him.
We’ll have to wait and see just how useful this Hakim is in the movie.
Acar joins a cast that so far includes Open Heart’s Mena Massoud as Aladdin, Power Rangers’ Naomi Scott as Jasmine, Will Smith (does he really need a frame of reference?) as The Genie, Saturday Night Live’s Nasim Pedrad as Mara (another original character) and Murder on the Orient Express’ Marwan Kenzari as Jafar.