 Robin Williams (I) (qv) provided the voice for the Genie, at union  scale rate (the lowest legal pay rate a studio can give an actor),  on the provisos that his voice was not used for merchandising (i.e.  toys and such) and that the Genie character not take up more than  25% of the space of a poster, ad, billboard, or trailer. When these  wishes were not granted, he withdrew his support for Disney and the  film. As a result, his name was not included in "The Art of Aladdin"  book (it makes constant references to "the voice of the Genie"), and  he was not available for the direct