Rachel Zegler is reacting to the latest criticism surrounding the cast of the upcoming “Snow White” live-action film.
On July 14, Daily Mail published photos from the set of the remake, providing a first look of the diverse actors portraying the seven dwarfs from the Disney classic.that said “the photos are fake and not from our production.” The Daily Beast said that later, a rep from Disney's"PR shop" confirmed the images were real but were not official “photos” from the set.
While some social media users criticized the casting choices for the seven dwarfs, racist comments about Zegler, who is Latina, being selected as the beloved Disney princess also resurfaced.Zegler expressed her gratitude to her fans, but she also said she no longer wants to engage with the “nonsensical discourse” surrounding her playing Snow White.
“So i leave you w these photos!” she wrote and included four childhood pictures of her dressing up as different Disney princesses, including Snow White.TODAY.com reached out to Disney for response to Zegler's tweet but did not hear back by the time of publication.for playing Ariel in “The Little Mermaid.”The 23-year-old actor and musician added a red heart emoji and said Zegler was “truly the perfect princess.
Speaking about getting the opportunity to play a Disney princess, she said, “Never in a million years did I imagine that this would be a possibility for me. You don’t normally see Snow Whites that are of Latin descent.”“But you don’t particularly see people who look like me or are me playing roles like that,” she continued. “When it was announced, it was a huge thing that was trending on Twitter for days, because all of the people were angry.
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