The Hollywood premiere for Disney’s live-action adaptation of Snow White will be ‘scaled back’ amid the backlash surrounding its stars Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot.
Despite spending upward of $269.4 million to make the film, which has been plagued with controversy and setbacks, Variety revealed that Disney would not be giving the movie the same red carpet treatment as other similar projects.
While Zegler, 23, and Gadot, 39, are expected to be at attendance at a pre-party and screening for Snow White, held at the El Capitan Theatre on March 15, ‘coverage will be limited to photographers and a house crew.’
While most premieres invite dozens of media outlets to cover the event and interview the cast, the studio has decided to buck tradition in this case.
The choice comes amid criticism and fears that the remake prioritized ‘woke’ messaging over authentic storytelling.
Since casting Zegler, toxic Disney fans have nitpicked every deviation from the classic fairy tale, from shifting away from the traditional romance plot to reimagining the Seven Dwarfs as a diverse group of ‘magical creatures’ of all heights, gender and race.
The Hollywood premiere for Disney’s live-action adaptation of Snow White will be ‘scaled back’ amid the backlash surrounding its stars Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot
Zegler, who was cast in the titular role, previously criticized David Hand’s 1937 original animated film as ‘extremely dated when it comes to the ideas of women being in roles of power and what a woman is fit for in the world.’
‘The original cartoon came out in 1937, and very evidently so,’ Rachel scoffed to Extra TV in 2022.
‘There’s a big focus on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her. Weird. So we didn’t do that this time.’
‘We have a different approach to what I’m sure a lot of people will assume is a love story just because we cast a guy in the movie,
‘All of Andrew’s scenes could get cut, who knows? It’s Hollywood, baby!’ she joked, before admitting in a separate interview that she was ‘terrified’ when she went on the beloved Snow White ride at Disney World.
About the 1937 film, she said: ‘I was scared of the original version. I think I watched it once and never picked it up again. I’m being so serious.’
Despite spending upward of $269.4 million to make the film, which has been plagued with controversy and setbacks, Variety revealed that Disney would not be giving the movie the same red carpet treatment as other similar projects
That same year, Zegler told Variety that her version of Snow White would be dreaming about becoming a ‘fearless leader’ rather than ‘dreaming about true love.’
‘For Snow White, there’s a famous scene where she falls into a lake, through a trapdoor-type thing in a forest. And we did it, and I got scuba diving training so that I could spend a long time underwater,’ the Golden Globe winner explained to Cosmo.
‘You learn how to use a breathing tube. I had this guy named Pete, who is ex-Navy, attached to me at all times, tethered to me. And essentially I spent…I want to say a total of 48 hours training. And then shot for two whole days. It was seven hours underwater.’
Sources previously revealed to DailyMail.com that Zegler’s reputation as a ‘loose cannon’ nearly got her axed from her lead role in Snow White.
Zegler’s strong opinions have prompted some haters to vow to boycott the film.
Since her rapid rise to superstardom, after beating out 30,000 actresses for the part of María Vasquez in Steven Spielberg’s 2021 adaptation of West Side Story, the actress has endured ruthless criticism.
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