Christian Bale pulled a Rachel Zegler before anyone knew the young actress’ name.
Everyone recalled Bale’s work from the “Dark Knight” trilogy, so when director Ridley Scott cast him in 2014’s “Exodus: Gods and Kings” it mattered. Who wouldn’t want the Oscar winner in their next project?
Then Bale dubbed Moses a “<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christian-bale-says-moses-could-be-considered-a-terrorist/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">terrorist</a>” in publicity interviews for the film.
&#8220;If you&#8217;re not religious, you can look at it as one man&#8217;s freedom fighter is another man&#8217;s terrorist,&#8221; he said of Moses.
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Religious audiences, otherwise curious to see a movie featuring Moses, weren’t amused. The film, despite the talents of Scott and Bale, tanked.
Sound familiar?
By now, everyone knows how Zegler helped crush Disney’s “Snow White” at the box office. She’s not alone, though.
Stars routinely damage their own projects with ill-advised comments. That mostly involves stars getting hyper-political on publicity tours, stoking partisan rage. Many movie goers refuse to see movies made by two-time Oscar winner Sean Penn, for example, due to decades of charged comments.
Just look at Robert De Niro. He has spent nearly a decade savaging President Donald Trump from every available platform. His latest film, “The Alto Knights,” opened to a disastrous $3.1 million despite his gravitas in gangster movies and tackling not one but two mobster roles in the film.
Was it something he said? It can’t be ruled out.
The Zegler fallout, though, is different. And it could be the final warning for stars to heed when they talk to the press moving forward. Anger potential fans at your peril.
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“Snow White’s” slow-moving car crash began two years ago when <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/rachel-zegler-viral-backlash-snow-white-disney-live-action-rcna99848" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zegler trashed the iconic source material</a> on the red carpet.
“I just mean that it’s no longer 1937 … We absolutely wrote a ‘Snow White’ that &#8230; she’s not going to be saved by the prince, and she’s not going to be dreaming about true love; she’s going to be dreaming about becoming the leader she knows she can be and that her late father told her that she could be if she was fearless, fair, brave and true.”
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A separate interview found her mocking the story’s male hero, the prince who saves Snow White with a kiss.
“Weird,” she infamously called him, reframing his affection as a “stalker.”
&#8220;It&#8217;s really not about the love story at all, which is really, really wonderful.&#8221;
Tell that to adults who grew up adoring “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” the 1937 animated film that helped launch Disney into the pop culture stratosphere. Chances are they introduced the classic story to their children and grandchildren.
That’s the opposite of weird.
Zegler opened her mouth and inserted both feet. Enter an army of YouTube personalities who ran with Zegler’s quotes.
Had she opined in the past, the quotes would have circulated in the press and faded to black. In our digital age, they only got more attention as the months wore on. It got worse when she started braying, “Free Palestine” on social media, another deeply divisive message.
It didn’t help that her co-star, Gal Gadot, is Israeli and served in the IDF.
Then, before the film’s belated March 2025 opening, Zegler raged against President Donald Trump and, more specifically, his supporters. She hoped they would “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-snow-white-actress-attacks-trump-voters-tells-people-to-leave-x" target="_blank" rel="noopener">never know peace.”</a>
Now, we’re seeing the fruits of her warped words. “Snow White” opened to a dreadful $43 million at the U.S. box office, the worst showing to date for a Disney live-action update. The film had other issues, like Disney disavowing dwarfs as problematic before backpedaling and adding CGI little people.
Zegler’s comments made the most noise, to the film’s detriment.
It’s not enough that Zegler helped sink her own film. The industry called her out for doing just that. Variety ran an <a href="https://variety.com/2025/film/news/snow-white-death-threats-zegler-social-media-guru-1236347433/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exhaustive autopsy</a> on the film’s failure, letting anonymous Disney sources trash the young star. An executive from a different studio also chimed in, “You can’t say that a live-action remake of the most iconic film in the vault that cost [$270] million and has been reshot multiple times opening to $50 million is OK. The math does not work.&#8221;
Media outlets couldn’t hide how damaging her comments had been to the film’s box office potential, even though reporters have yet to connect De Niro’s box office tailspin to his anti-Trump diatribes.
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Even Jonah Platt, son of “Snow White” producer Marc Platt, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2025/03/27/rachel-zegler-snow-white-marc-platt-jonah/82686271007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">weighed in</a> against Zegler.
&#8220;My dad, the producer of (an) enormous piece of Disney IP with hundreds of millions of dollars on the line, had to leave his family to fly across the country to reprimand his 20 year old employee for dragging her personal politics into the middle of promoting the movie for which she signed a multi-million dollar contract to get paid and do publicity for … This is called adult responsibility and accountability. And her actions clearly hurt the film&#8217;s box office.&#8221;
Those Platt quotes also got magnified by legacy media outlets.
Will the Zegler Effect change Hollywood? It could.
Hollywood can&#8217;t afford more “Snow White” debacles. The box office is down, again, this year, and 2024’s numbers suggest pre-pandemic levels of movie going may be gone with the wind.
We&#8217;ll never go back to the Golden Age of Hollywood where the studios controlled what the actors could and couldn&#8217;t say. No one wants or encourages that level of control.
Still, it doesn’t take years of media training to understand a simple policy. Don’t alienate potential audiences when promoting your film or TV show. That shouldn’t be complicated, but apparently it is for some stars.
The Zegler fallout may make some actors think twice before trashing their own films or the people they need to watch them.
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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“Snow White” producer Marc Platt’s son, Jonah Platt, called actress Rachel Zegler “immature” and more amid the film’s struggles at the box office.
After some online attacked Marc Platt, calling him “creepy as hell” following a report about the producer trying to rein in the young actress&#8217; controversial comments, Jonah Platt slammed Zegler in a post that has since been deleted.
“You really want to do this?” Platt’s son <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/snow-white-marc-platt-jonah-slams-rachel-zegler-1236173434/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. “Yeah, my dad, the producer of enormous piece of Disney IP with hundreds of millions of dollars on the line, had to leave his family to fly across the country to reprimand his 20 year old employee for dragging her personal politics into the middle of promoting the movie for which she signed a multi-million dollar contract to get paid and do publicity for.”
“This is called adult responsibility and accountability,” he added. “And her actions clearly hurt the film’s box office. Free speech does not mean you’re allowed to say whatever you want in your private employment without repercussions.”
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NEW: The son of &#8216;Snow White&#8217; producer Marc Platt absolutely unleashes on Rachel Zegler for ruining his father&#8217;s movie.
Jonah Platt is ripping the 23-year-old actress for getting political and ruining Snow White.
The comment from Platt was found on Instagram after one user asked… <a href="https://t.co/1k1xnnw2af">pic.twitter.com/1k1xnnw2af</a>
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href="https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1905038466557280712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
“Tens of thousands of people worked on that film and she hijacked the conversation for her own immature desires at the risk of all the colleagues and crew and blue collar workers who depend on that movie to be successful,” Jonah continued. “Narcissism is not something to be coddled or encouraged.”
The live-action remake of Disney’s 1937 animated classic had its worst-ever opening weekend for a classic remake and will likely come nowhere close to recouping its massive $270 million production budget, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/snow-white-bombs-with-one-of-disneys-lowest-opening-weekends-for-a-remake">reported</a>. The film brought in just $43 million domestically, which was on par with major studio flop “Dumbo” (2019), which made $46 million during its debut.
The vocal left-wing activist has made headlines numerous times leading up to the film’s release. First when she faced backlash after she slammed the original story, describing the prince as a “stalker” and made it clear the live-action story she was part of would have nothing in common with the “weird” original 1937 love story.
Months later in an interview for <a href="https://x.com/realDailyWire/status/1734342385721844037">Variety</a> with fellow Disney actress Halle Bailey, Zegler appeared to sing a different tune when she gushed over the original “Snow White” as “a monumental moment in film history,” and said she “loves everything the Disney company has put out” since its inception.
In November, Zegler had to issue an apology after attacking Trump voters following a rant on social media about the election results.
“Hi everyone, I would like to sincerely apologize for the election post I shared on my Instagram last week,” Zegler wrote amid calls to boycott the upcoming Disney film, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/11/15/entertainment/snow-white-star-rachel-zegler-apologizes-after-post-about-trump-voters/">New York Post </a>reported.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/snow-white-star-rachel-zegler-apologizes-after-backlash-for-attacking-trump-voters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘Snow White’ Star Rachel Zegler Apologizes After Backlash For Attacking Trump Voters</a>

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“Snow White” actress Rachel Zegler complained about being asked to “prove” she was of Latin descent before being cast in the 2021 Steven Spielberg film, “West Side Story.”
The 23-year-old celebrity discussed the experience during a newly published <a href="https://www.allure.com/story/rachel-zegler-cover-interview">interview</a> with Allure magazine. “There’s confusion because I don’t have a single ounce of Latin in my name,” Zegler told the outlet. 
“When I was in the running for Maria in ‘West Side Story,’ they kept calling to ask if I was legit. I remember thinking, ‘Do you want me to bring my abuelita [grandma] in? I will. I’ll bring her into the studio if you want to meet her,&#8217;” she continued.
The actress complained how “a bunch of white executives” insisted she “prove” her “identity to them.”
Zegler is from Hackensack, New Jersey. Her grandmother immigrated from Colombia to the United States in the 1960s, while her father is Polish. 
“It’s an interesting experience being part of that diaspora in the current climate we live in,” she told Allure. “But I love being Colombian.”
Many social media users questioned Zegler being cast as the lead role in Disney’s live-action remake of their classic fairytale “Snow White,” but the actress said she scored the role because of her singing ability. 
“The reality is, I was given a chance because I could sing,” she said. “My only prayer for the future of diversity and inclusion is that we invest in and nurture talent no matter what they look like.”
Zegler went on to say how she believes it’s “so important for the next generation” to see “Snow White” because it has a theme of good versus evil.
“To realize there’s nothing wrong with choosing to do what’s right and that it doesn’t have to be with anger or a clenched fist,” the actress said.
“Anger can be a powerful emotion, but it doesn’t bring the brightest future,” Zegler continued. “Snow White chooses kindness and still makes change. Power takes many forms. I hope we’ll see a new dawn of kindness and acceptance in the next couple of years. And people don’t see the need to use hate to cause further division.”
Zegler was also criticized previously for mocking the original storyline and describing Prince Charming as a “stalker.” She also made it clear the live-action story she was part of would have nothing in common with the “weird” original 1937 love story.
“[Snow White]’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,” she said during a 2023 interview.

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Little people actors said they will be protesting Disney studios after they opted to use CGI for the seven dwarfs instead of hiring them for the upcoming live-action remake of “Snow White&#8221; that hits theaters on March 21.
Speaking to the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14502827/rally-Disney-protest-Snow-White-Dwarfs-CGI.html">Daily Mail</a>, actress Ali Chapman — who stands 3ft 8in tall — said &#8220;The whole point of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is right up there in the title.”
“The seven dwarfs were the stars of the original 1937 film which is a classic loved by millions of people,” she added. “Disney has made a live-action film and instead of giving seven talented little people the chance to shine they&#8217;ve scrapped us completely and used CGI instead.”
&#8220;It&#8217;s a total travesty and there are a lot of angry little people actors and actresses out there,” Chapman continued. “People are flying in from all over the world to tell Disney this isn&#8217;t acceptable.”
Chapman’s husband Matt McCarthy, who stands 4ft 1in tall, also slammed the studio and said that “We&#8217;ve been totally shut out but we&#8217;re not going down quietly.”
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“It&#8217;s hard enough in Hollywood,” Matt added. “Everyone&#8217;s trying to make their dreams come true. When you&#8217;re a little person opportunities are few and far between. I was born to play Dopey the dwarf. It&#8217;s my dream role but Disney never gave me a chance.”
“There were seven great parts right there but Disney decided to go with freaking cartoons,” Chapman continued, noting the CGI. “Shame on them!&#8221;
Jordanna James — who is 3ft 11in tall — said “&#8217;Hollywood is trying to erase us. Everyone goes on about wokeism and inclusion and yet we are constantly overlooked and kept in the shadows. It&#8217;s hard enough to go out in the real world and be seen. We exist. Let us have the same opportunities as other people.”
Famed &#8220;Elf&#8221; and &#8220;Game of Thrones&#8221; star Peter Dinklage previously made headlines when he slammed the “Snow White” remake when news surfaced that it was in the works.
“It makes no sense to me,” Dinklage <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2022/01/25/disney-consulting-with-members-of-the-dwarfism-community-following-peter-dinklages-snow-white-criticism/">said.</a> “You’re progressive in one way, but then you’re still making that f***ing backward story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together.”
Not long after his comments, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-call-me-dwarf-actor-fumes-over-peter-dinklages-snow-white-criticism">Disney announced</a> it wasn’t going the traditional route, “to avoid reinforcing stereotypes from the original animated film … “
Images then surfaced on social media of full grown adults playing the characters, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/matt-walsh-goes-viral-after-disney-admits-woke-snow-white-remake-images-are-real">reported</a>. A backlash then ensued and Disney ended up using CGI to create the dwarf characters.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/snow-white-star-rachel-zegler-apologizes-after-backlash-for-attacking-trump-voters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘Snow White’ Star Rachel Zegler Apologizes After Backlash For Attacking Trump Voters</a>

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Disney is holding a “scaled back” version of a movie premiere for the live-action version of “Snow White,” which is slated for release on March 21.
The movie will still have a red carpet debut and the major stars, including Rachel Zegler (Snow White) and Gal Gadot (Evil Queen), are expected to be there. But instead of having full press on hand to conduct interviews, Disney has opted to have photographers and a house crew only, per a report from <a href="https://variety.com/2025/film/columns/disney-snow-white-premiere-zegler-gadot-controversies-1236333285/">Variety</a>
Disney Studios did not release a statement or offer any official updates on the decision. But insiders believe it has something to do with the controversies that have surrounded the film, including both the production itself and some of the controversial statements made by Zegler.
Zegler, a vocal left-wing activist, made headlines in 2023 when she made complaints about the 1937 animated version of the film.
She <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-snow-white-actress-attacks-trump-voters-tells-people-to-leave-x">described</a> the prince as a “stalker” and made it clear the live-action story she was part of would have nothing in common with the “weird” original 1937 love story.
In a later interview with Variety at D23, 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.”
The actress’ criticism wasn’t reserved just for the film she was in. Zegler also came after Trump voters in the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election, saying, “may Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace.” She apologized two days later.
As for the movie, the dwarves reportedly went through multiple iterations, including a cast of real people, before settling on the CGI that they are in the current project. 
Actor Peter Dinklage weighed in on the situation, saying on an episode of Marc Maron’s podcast, “Literally no offense to anything, but I was sort of taken aback. 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.”
Disney released a statement after that announcing they were changing track. “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.”
The movie’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-releases-special-look-into-snow-white-after-trailer-suffers-flood-of-dislikes-on-youtube">official trailer</a> received a massive number of downvotes after it debuted several months ago. There have been a couple instances of Disney promoting “Snow White,” including Gadot and Zegler presenting at the 97th Academy Awards, but it’s been relatively low profile compared to other similar releases from the studio.

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“Snow White” actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rachel-zegler">Rachel Zegler</a> apologized after facing a backlash for attacking Trump voters following the reelection of President-elect Donald Trump.
“Hi everyone, I would like to sincerely apologize for the election post I shared on my Instagram last week,” the 23-year-old actress wrote on Thursday on her Instagram Story, amid calls to boycott the upcoming Disney film, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/11/15/entertainment/snow-white-star-rachel-zegler-apologizes-after-post-about-trump-voters/">New York Post </a>reported.
“I let my emotions get the best of me,” she added. “Hatred and anger have caused us to move further and further away from peace and understanding, and I am sorry I contributed to the negative discourse.”
“This week has been emotional for so many of us but I firmly believe that everyone has the right to their opinion, even when it differs from my own,” Zegler continued. “I am committed to contributing positively toward a better tomorrow.”
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Rachel Zegler has apologized for lashing out at Trump supporters! The Snow White trailer is about to drop this month, and Disney is doing DAMAGE CONTROL!! <a href="https://t.co/SwW5eAoj7E">pic.twitter.com/SwW5eAoj7E</a>
— Steph Anie (@mynerdyhome) <a href="https://twitter.com/mynerdyhome/status/1857248839914131885?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2024</a></blockquote>
In a series of <a href="https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1856779822682574854">posts</a> that were screenshotted from her <a href="https://x.com/mynerdyhome/status/1856622409941446785">Instagram Stories</a>, Zegler wrote, “may Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace,” calling it “absolutely terrifying the number of people who stand behind” Trump.
“I shouldn’t be this shocked, but I am,” she added. “I am heartbroken for my friends who awoke fear this morning … this loss should not have been by so many votes.”
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“I echo Ethel Cain’s statement more than anything, may Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace,” the actress continued. “It is a foolish subscription to a false sense of security, of masculinity, of intelligence, of patriotism, and of humanity. There is no help, no counsel in any of them.”
She then called on people to get off Elon Musk’s app X because he “helped get that man [Trump] elected and you’re giving him business.” Zelger closed out her rant by calling on her followers to focus now on their Democrat Governors and then wrote, “F*** Donald Trump.”
Zegler, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-says-live-action-snow-white-will-be-delayed-one-year-just-weeks-after-backlash-to-lead-actress-bashing-original-film">vocal left-wing activist</a>, made headlines last year when she faced a backlash over her feminist complaints about the 1937 animated film “Snow White” following news about her taking on the lead role in the remake of the classic Disney film.
Months later in an interview for <a href="https://x.com/realDailyWire/status/1734342385721844037">Variety</a> with fellow Disney actress Halle Bailey, Zegler appeared to sing a different tune when she gushed over the original “Snow White” as “a monumental moment in film history,&#8221; and said she “loves everything the Disney company has put out” since its inception.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-snow-white-star-slammed-as-she-continues-bashing-original-film-in-another-resurfaced-video">Zegler</a> previously slammed the original story, describing the prince as a “stalker” and made it clear the live-action story she was part of would have nothing in common with the “weird” original 1937 love story.
Amanda Prestigiacomo contributed to this piece.

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‘Snow White’ Star Rachel Zegler Apologizes After Backlash For Attacking Trump Voters

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Disney’s “Snow White” actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rachel-zegler">Rachel Zegler</a> called on people to leave the social media platform X and attacked voters who picked President-elect Donald Trump.
In a series of <a href="https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1856779822682574854">posts</a> that were screenshotted from her <a href="https://x.com/mynerdyhome/status/1856622409941446785">Instagram Stories</a>, the 23-year-old actress bemoaned the results of the 2024 election and Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat before she lashed out at what she said would be “four years of hatred.”
“I shouldn’t be this shocked, but I am,” Zegler wrote in the screenshot. “I am heartbroken for my friends who awoke fear this morning … this loss should not have been by so many votes.”
“I echo Ethel Cain’s statement more than anything, may Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace,” she added, calling it “absolutely terrifying the number of people who stand behind” Trump.
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Disney&#8217;s Snow White (Rachel Zegler) says she hopes harm befalls Trump and all his voters: <a href="https://t.co/rEWlpOVZvu">pic.twitter.com/rEWlpOVZvu</a>
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href="https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1856779822682574854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
“It is a foolish subscription to a false sense of security, of masculinity, of intelligence, of patriotism, and of humanity,” the actress continued. “There is no help, no counsel in any of them.”
She then called on people to get off Elon Musk’s app, because he “helped get that man [Trump] elected and you’re giving him business.” Zelger closed out her rant by calling on her followers to focus now on their Democrat Governors and then wrote, “F**k Donald Trump.”
Zegler, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-says-live-action-snow-white-will-be-delayed-one-year-just-weeks-after-backlash-to-lead-actress-bashing-original-film">vocal left-wing activist</a>, made headlines last year when she faced a backlash over her feminist complaints about the 1937 animated film “Snow White” following news about her taking on the lead role in the remake of the classic Disney film.
Months later in an interview for <a href="https://x.com/realDailyWire/status/1734342385721844037">Variety</a> with fellow Disney actress Halle Bailey, Zegler appeared to sing a different tune when she gushed over the original “Snow White” as “a monumental moment in film history.”
“The cartoon is so beloved — it’s like a monumental moment in film history. It’s the first feature-length cartoon movie, to the point where it won honorary Oscars, and all these amazing things that happened for that film are the reason that you and I get to sit here today, because it made Disney what it is,” Zegler told Bailey, who starred as Ariel in the live-action version of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid.”
The actress went on to veer away from her past comment, saying she “loves everything the Disney company has put out” since its inception.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-snow-white-star-slammed-as-she-continues-bashing-original-film-in-another-resurfaced-video">Zegler</a> previously slammed the original story, describing the prince as a “stalker” and made it clear the live-action story she was part of would have nothing in common with the “weird” original 1937 love story.
Amanda Prestigiacomo contributed to this piece.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-snow-white-delay-reportedly-comes-from-fears-it-will-be-a-financial-disaster-insider-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Delay Reportedly Comes From Fears It Will Be A ‘Financial Disaster,’ Insider Says</a>

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Disney's 'Snow White' Actress Attacks Trump Voters, Tells People To Leave X

Daily Wire

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-says-live-action-snow-white-will-be-delayed-one-year-just-weeks-after-backlash-to-lead-actress-bashing-original-film" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney</a> recently announced that it was delaying the debut of its &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/snow-white-is-shaping-up-to-be-disneys-wokest-remake-of-them-all" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Snow White</a>&#8221; remake until March 2025, and an insider reportedly says it is out of fear that the film will be a &#8220;financial disaster&#8221; and hurt plans for future spinoffs.
A source told the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12690259/disney-snow-white-rachel-zegler-delayed-woke-controversy.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Mail</a> that when Disney cited the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike as the reason behind delaying the film&#8217;s release one full year, that wasn&#8217;t the whole story. Disney has reportedly spent $330 million on the upcoming remake.
&#8220;Disney had to delay &#8216;Snow White&#8217; because they have spent so much money on it, and if it is a financial disaster at the box office, it might single handedly cripple future remakes and potential &#8216;Snow White&#8217; sequels that they have planned,&#8221; an insider told the outlet.
&#8220;They also have to remove themselves from the bad taste in the mouths of online critics and want to instead deliver a great film and get to a point where they get it right,&#8221; the insider added, noting the backlash against the lead actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-snow-white-remake-will-update-classic-story-with-a-stronger-narrative-lead-actress-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rachel Zegler</a> who slammed the original story with a &#8220;stalker&#8221; prince.
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EXCLUSIVE: Disney delayed Snow White over fears it will be a &#8216;financial DISASTER&#8217; and flop like Cats &#8211; as controversy continues after Rachel Zegler&#8217;s woke tirade at &#8216;weird&#8217; original plot with &#8216;stalker&#8217; Prince <a href="https://t.co/oC615zrvbk">https://t.co/oC615zrvbk</a>
— Daily Mail Celebrity (@DailyMailCeleb) <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyMailCeleb/status/1720119746903879805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2023</a></blockquote>
&#8220;They realize that they were overthinking things and are now reigning it all in a little bit more,&#8221; the source continued. &#8220;They just need some time to figure it all out – plus we are still dealing with the strikes. It is a perfect storm right now, but they are embracing change and anticipate it all to work out and exceed expectations. The work starts now.&#8221;
The film faced <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/snow-white-remake-rachel-zegler-criticism-1235569835/">backlash</a> from those upset about Disney casting Latin actress Zegler as the maiden with &#8220;skin as white as snow,&#8221; and then from actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fing-backward-story-peter-dinklage-slams-disney-for-attempting-snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs-remake">Peter Dinklage,</a> who slammed Disney for attempting to remake the &#8220;f***ing backward&#8221; story about seven cave-dwelling dwarfs.
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&#8220;Literally no offense to anyone, but I was a little taken aback when they were very proud to cast a Latina actress as Snow White — but you&#8217;re still telling the story of &#8216;Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,'&#8221; Dinklage said on a podcast.
&#8220;Take a step back and look at what you&#8217;re doing there,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It makes no sense to me. You&#8217;re progressive in one way and you&#8217;re still making that f***ing backward story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together, what the f*** are you doing man?&#8221;
In response, Disney announced first that in order to &#8220;avoid reinforcing stereotypes,&#8221; &#8220;magical creatures&#8221; would replace the seven dwarves. Images surfaced of women and men of different ethnicities as the dwarfs, which the outlet noted now appear to be replaced by CGI-created characters.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-snow-white-star-slammed-as-she-continues-bashing-original-film-in-another-resurfaced-video" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zegler</a> then slammed the original story, describing the prince as a &#8220;stalker&#8221; and made it clear the live-action story she was part of would have nothing in common with the &#8220;weird&#8221; original 1937 love story.

Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Delay Reportedly Comes From Fears It Will Be A ‘Financial Disaster’

Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Delay Reportedly Comes From Fears It Will Be A 'Financial Disaster'

The Daily Mail

In 2020, Rachel Zegler, currently starring as Snow White in the upcoming live-action film version of the story, ripped actress Gina Carano for writing “beep/bop/boop” in her Twitter bio after people online demanded Carano list her pronouns.
“I won’t put pronouns in my bio to show my support for trans lives. After months of harassing me in every way. I decided to put 3 VERY controversial words in my bio.. beep/bop/boop,” Carano explained. “I&#8217;m not against trans lives at all. They need to find less abusive representation.”
Zegler tweeted, “Don’t make fun of pronouns,” catalyzing her followers to attack Carano.
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Here is Rachel Zegler sending her stan army to bully Gina Carano. <a href="https://t.co/dVI9tJ2h7Z">pic.twitter.com/dVI9tJ2h7Z</a>
&mdash; Dataracer (@Dataracer117) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dataracer117/status/1407470142154579969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Zegler made it clear she was referring to Carano by adding, “It’s a fun time to remind you all to love Pedro Pascal.” Pascal was Carano’s co-star on “The Mandalorian” before Disney fired Carano. Pascal did use pronouns in his Twitter bio.
Carano <a href="https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/08/17/gina-carano-calls-out-rachel-zeglers-hypocrisy-after-snow-white-actress-engaged-in-hate-campaign-against-her/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">got even</a> this week, responding to Zegler after Zegler wrote on Twitter, “I hope the world becomes kinder.”
Zegler’s tweet came in response to the harsh criticism leveled at her for referring to the Prince in the Snow White story as a “stalker” and declaring that the fairy tale was not a love story.
Carano replied with a GIF from “Schitts Creek” of a character tapping her screen to trigger the word “boop.”
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<a href="https://t.co/tQSTzxC3qY">https://t.co/tQSTzxC3qY</a> <a href="https://t.co/b5cK4psdSd">pic.twitter.com/b5cK4psdSd</a>
&mdash; Gina Carano 🕯 (@ginacarano) <a href="https://twitter.com/ginacarano/status/1691948987606286661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2023</a></blockquote>
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That reportedly prompted Zegler to<a href="https://youtu.be/c9RPDBbhXdM" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> block her</a>.
Zegler had said about the Snow White story:
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I mean, you know, the original cartoon came out in 1937, and very evidently so. There’s a big focus on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her. Weird! 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, like we cast a guy in the movie …  It’s one of those things that I think everyone’s going to have their assumptions about what it’s actually going to be, but it’s really not about the love story at all, which is really, really wonderful.
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 In February 2021, Disney cut Carano from her role on “The Mandalorian” they had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/final-straw-hollywood-reporter-sources-say-disney-wanted-to-fire-carano-in-november" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> been planning for months over right-wing views Carano had expressed over social media. Two days later, Carano and The Daily Wire announced a new partnership.
“The Daily Wire is helping make one of my dreams — to develop and produce my own film — come true. I cried out and my prayer was answered,&#8221; Carano said in a statement. &#8220;I am sending out a direct message of hope to everyone living in fear of cancellation by the totalitarian mob. I have only just begun using my voice which is now freer than ever before, and I hope it inspires others to do the same. They can’t cancel us if we don’t let them.&#8221;
Daily Wire co-founder and Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro pointed out, “Social movements have consequences, and we are now in the middle of a mass social movement to expel half of the American population from the body politic &#8230; It is not about an honest attempt to cleanse the culture. It is not about an honest attempt to have discussion or conversation. It is about, can we wrong-foot you so that we have an excuse to say that your entire career has been completely and utterly garbage and that you are a bad person, and so we feel good about excising you from the body politic. That’s all that is happening right now in the culture, and that is a big deal.”

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Disney’s Snow White Actress Attacked Gina Carano 3 Years Ago. Carano Got Even This Week.

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