Rachel Zegler Reacts to Backlash Against Her Casting as ‘Snow White’: ‘We Need to Love Them in the Right Direction’
variety.comZack Sharf Rachel Zegler was cast as Snow White in Disney’s live-action remake months before Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” hit theaters and turned the 20-year-old newcomer into a best actress winner at the Golden Globes and National Board of Review Awards.
The casting announcement was met with some backlash from toxic fans shocked and upset that an actress of Latin descent would be stepping into the iconic role of Snow White.
Zegler couldn’t believe Disney made such a casting choice either, for what it’s worth.“Never in a million years did I imagine that this would be a possibility for me,” Zegler recently told Andrew Garfield as part of Variety’s “Actors on Actors” series, presented by Amazon Studios. “You don’t normally see Snow Whites that are of Latin descent.
Even though Snow White is really a big deal in Spanish-speaking countries. Blanca Nieves is a huge icon whether you’re talking about the Disney cartoon or just different iterations and the Grimm fairy tale and all the stories that come with it.
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