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Disney is scaling back the Hollywood premiere of its upcoming live-action movie, Snow White, this weekend.The movie has been plagued with controversy for some time now, including significant backlash over the casting of Rachel Zegler, a Latina actress, as the titular character.
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Disney’s Hollywood premiere for Snow White won’t be a spectacle. According to Variety, the production company will not be rolling out a red carpet with dozens of media outlets and photographers who interview the cast and the crew that we’re used to seeing in similar Hollywood premieres.
The premiere on March 12 will have a pre-party and the movie screening at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. The film’s leading actors, Rachel Zegler (Snow White) and Gal Gadot (the Evil Queen) are among the stars who will be attending the event. The premiere will be covered by a limited number of photographers and an in-house crew.
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Marc Webb’s Snow White will be theatrically released on March 21. However, the movie has been plagued with controversy since its announcement in 2022, and Disney reportedly decided against premiering the film in the United Kingdom amid strong backlash from fans.
Some fans questioned the motives behind casting Zegler in the titular role as she is a Latina actress set to play a character described as having “skin as white as snow” in the original fairytale.
Zegler commented on the backlash the movie received, saying, “I interpret people’s sentiments towards this film as passion,” in an interview in the March 2025 issue of Vogue Mexico. “What an honor to be a part of something that people feel so passionately about,” she added.
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Zegler was also the target of angry comments after her comments on the original Snow White. “The original cartoon came out in 1937, and very evidently so,” Zegler said in a 2022 interview. She added, “There’s a big focus on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her. Weird!”
In another interview with Variety, Zegler said, “She’s not going to be saved by the prince. She’s not going to be dreaming about true love. She’s dreaming about becoming the leader she knows she can be.” Fans nicknamed Zegler’s portrayal of the iconic character the “woke” Snow White.
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The film has also been criticized for its CGI portrayal of the seven dwarfs, with Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage calling the movie “backwards” in 2022. Dinklage said, “Literally no offense to anything, but I was sort of taken aback,” in the WTF With Mark Maron podcast in 2024.
“They were very proud to cast a Latino actress as Snow White, but you’re still telling the story of ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.’ Take a step back and look at what you’re doing there,” the actor added.
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In response to Dinklage’s comments, Disney shared a statement in Good Morning America, which read, “To avoid reinforcing stereotypes from the original animated film, we are taking a different approach with these seven characters and have been consulting with members of the dwarfism community.”
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After being announced as the lead in Disney’s Snow White, Zegler faced criticism from those who believed the role should align more closely with the fairytale depiction of Snow White.
The controversy in Zegler’s casting echoes the backlash that Gal Gadot experienced after being cast as Cleopatra in an upcoming film. Critics accused the production of “whitewashing” by casting Gadot as the ancient Egyptian queen, traditionally portrayed as Arab or African. Defending her role, Gadot told BBC, “I want to celebrate the legacy of Cleopatra and honor this amazing historic icon that I admire so much.”
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Aside from the controversies regarding the casting choices, Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot’s political remarks have also been publicly criticized, which led to calls to boycott the movie.
Gal Gadot, who is Israeli, has been active on social media and in public appearances, voicing her opinions. While Zegler is also using her platform to do so. The political remarks made the fans lash out amid the movie’s promotional events.
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Aside from their political differences, Gal Gadot and Rachel Zegler continue promoting their film. On March 2, the duo presented an award together at the 2025 Academy Awards to promote Snow White.
On March 5, Zegler attended the movie’s Tokyo premiere, where she performed the first single from the movie. Gadot also promoted the movie on the new episode of Good Morning America on March 10.
The movie’s official trailer, which was released three months ago, got over 12 million views on YouTube.
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Zegler is exhausting, and not a particularly good actress. How she got the leads in all those movies right from the get go, I have no idea. She was terrible in Y2K. Not that the movie was good to start with. Could have been good, poorly filmed. Also, how is she more beautiful than Gadot?
I enjoyed Y2K, it’s fun with a few drinks
She’s leagues better at acting than Gadot, that’s for d**n sure and an actor can only do so much with a terrible script.
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Gadot is Israeli. That’s the real reason you don’t like her.
How about making an original story? For Snow white (called that because “her skin was as white as snow) you should get white and beautiful girl (or at least somebody looking better than whoever you got for the queen). The best time for live action Snow white was 25 years ago, when they could get 17 years old Anne Hathaway and 50 years old Maryl Streep for the queen. That would be absolutely amazing movie.
Isabella Rossellini would make an amazing evil queen! But yeah times have shifted and trying to “break stereotypes” had its moment in the sun and now everyone wants comfort watches.
You feel less comfortable when the actors are people of colour?
How about using fairytales from poc and putting that race as the main character. There’s a Vietnamese Cinderella like story where the girl dies a lot and gets a happy ending. I’d like to see the disney version of that with Vietnamese people as the actors. If they could make sleeping beauty into a nice story, they can definitely do it with that one
I’m not taking that bait. You know full well that’s not what I meant.
I never even knew people hate on her because of being a latina. I though the main reason is that she’s quite insufferable and hates the original material. A widely beloved classic. I mean, how can you play Snow White if you hate Snow White? That makes no sense.
Agree
Zegler is exhausting, and not a particularly good actress. How she got the leads in all those movies right from the get go, I have no idea. She was terrible in Y2K. Not that the movie was good to start with. Could have been good, poorly filmed. Also, how is she more beautiful than Gadot?
I enjoyed Y2K, it’s fun with a few drinks
She’s leagues better at acting than Gadot, that’s for d**n sure and an actor can only do so much with a terrible script.
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Gadot is Israeli. That’s the real reason you don’t like her.
How about making an original story? For Snow white (called that because “her skin was as white as snow) you should get white and beautiful girl (or at least somebody looking better than whoever you got for the queen). The best time for live action Snow white was 25 years ago, when they could get 17 years old Anne Hathaway and 50 years old Maryl Streep for the queen. That would be absolutely amazing movie.
Isabella Rossellini would make an amazing evil queen! But yeah times have shifted and trying to “break stereotypes” had its moment in the sun and now everyone wants comfort watches.
You feel less comfortable when the actors are people of colour?
How about using fairytales from poc and putting that race as the main character. There’s a Vietnamese Cinderella like story where the girl dies a lot and gets a happy ending. I’d like to see the disney version of that with Vietnamese people as the actors. If they could make sleeping beauty into a nice story, they can definitely do it with that one
I’m not taking that bait. You know full well that’s not what I meant.
I never even knew people hate on her because of being a latina. I though the main reason is that she’s quite insufferable and hates the original material. A widely beloved classic. I mean, how can you play Snow White if you hate Snow White? That makes no sense.
Agree
