Before going to the movies, check out all the controversy surrounding ‘Snow White’, Disney’s new live-action about the classic princess
In recent years, Disney has shown a success history with the release of live-action, including titles such as “Beauty and the Beast” (2017), “Aladdin” (2019), “The Little Mermaid” (2023) and others. However, his next big debut has generated controversy since confirmation.
The new production is “Snow White”, which promises to modernly adapt and retell the classic animation released in 1937, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, directed by Walt Disney and David Hand. The film is premiered in Brazil scheduled for next Thursday, 20.
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Before going to the movies, stay on top of all the controversies that hit Disney’s new live-action:
1. Modernization of history
One of the first and great criticism made by fans was the modernization of the story. Although this is a recurring practice of the studio, being performed in much of its latest live-action, the attitude displeased the admirers, by changing some classic moments of the drawing.
Second Rachel ZeglerSnow White interpreter, in an interview with Variety, “we have written a snow white that will not be saved by the prince, and she will not be dreaming of true love. She is dreaming of becoming the leader she knows she can be and the leader her late father said she could be if she were fearless, just, brave and true.”
2. Rachel Zegler lineup
As soon as it was confirmed as the actress responsible for giving life to one of Disney’s most memorable princesses, Rachel Zegler He began to receive a series of online attacks, which included publications with racist and xenophobic content due to their Colombian descent.
In addition, some lines of the actress about the original animation also generated discomfort in the admirers. This is because, in some interviews, Rachel He criticized the 1937 plot, as reflected by the cosmopolitan (via screenrant), saying that “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” is “extremely outdated with regard to the ideas of women to play roles of power and what a woman is suitable in the world.”
Unfortunately, the attacks on Zegler They ended up leaving control. Also to Cosmopolitan in 2024, Snow White’s interpreter revealed that it received a lot of harassment from a “certain group of people”, and that they “were appearing in my apartment and screaming bad words.”
3. Participation of the seven dwarfs
After the announcement of the movie, “Snow White” was criticized by the actor Peter Dinklageof “Games of Thrones”, accusing the studio of reinforcing the stereotype of people with dwarfism with live action. In an interview with wtf podcast, he said:
“They are proud to have cast a Latin woman like Snow White, but they are still telling the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Take a step back and see what they are doing there. You make no sense to me. You make progress in a way, but you are still making a backward story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together.”
After the criticism, Disney announced that the seven dwarfs would not be present of the feature, and that they would be replaced by “magic creatures.” However, the public was surprised by the release of the first image in October 2023, where you can see the princess next to the seven dwarfs, who had their visuals developed by computer graphics, known as CGI.
On social networks, the film has been the target of new criticism, with fans accusing Disney of taking the opportunity for seven actors with dwarfism of gaining visibility when they are in the cast of one of the feature films of one of the world’s largest entertainment studios.
4. Criticism of the original director’s son
David Hale Handson of David Handoriginal director of the animation next to Walt Disneymade harsh criticism of live action in August 2023 during an interview with The Telegraph (via Cine Pop), where he said his father and Disney they would be “turning on the grave” with live-action changes.
“The new ‘Snow White’ movie is a totally different concept, and I totally disagree with him, and I know my father and Walt would disagree too. There is no respect for what Disney did, for what my father did … I think Walt and he would be rolling and his tombs,” he said.
He continued his speech by saying, “It’s a misfortune that Disney is trying to do something new from something that was a big hit before… Your thoughts are so radical now. They change the stories, change the character’s thinking process. They are inventing new things and I just don’t like any of it. I think it can have done with some of these classic movies. [A Disney] You should not take a classic and rewrite it to your own image. Choose to do something else … Create new characters, but don’t destroy or try to destroy a classic. ”
5. Supposed disagreement behind the scenes
In August 2024, rumors about an alleged disagreement behind the scenes between Rachel ZeglerSnow White, and Gal Gadotthe bad queen, began to reverberate on social networks. According to the rumors, the fight would have happened due to the opposite positions of the actresses regarding the conflict in the Middle East, with Rachel defending Palestine, while Gallery Supports Israel, your home country.
In the same month, Zegler He shared a post on his X (former Twitter) profile saying “and never forget, Palestine Free”, right after the release of the ‘Snow White’ trailer.
Moments later, Gadot He also made an Instagram post, quoting Martin Luther King and highlighting the power of love as the only way to save the world, “only love can really save the world” – where many interpreted as an alleged indirect to the castmate.
Since then, the two protagonists have rarely appeared together in promotions, further increasing speculation of a possible disagreement. Disney, however, did not comment on the matter.
Source: Recreio
