Disney is betting everything on live-action with remakes of some of his classics such as The lion king, Beauty and the beast, Cinderella, Aladdin either The little mermaid. At D23 he announced that the turn of Lilo & Stitchand presented the trailers for Mufasathe prequel to The lion king about Simba’s father and snow white.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfsreleased in 1937, was the first great Disney classic and first American animated film of history. Its new version will be released on March 21, 2025 and it stars Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot and Andrew Burnap. he directs it Marc Webbdirector of 500 days together and the two installments of Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man.
As often happens with remakes, the cast has not convinced those nostalgic for the classics, and, like Criticism rained down on actress Halle Bailey’s skin color who played Ariel in The little mermaid, the same ones have splashed Zegler, a Latin actress, like Snow White.
“Snow White to remember resilience”
The classic is inspired by Brothers Grimm tale from 1812. The description they give is of a princess “with skin white as snow, lips as red as blood and hair as black as ebony, who they called Snow White.”
It is this description that has sparked public criticism regarding the casting of Zegler for the role due to his Latino features. When it was announced, the actress posted on her social networks: “Yes, I’m Snow White, no, I’m not going to bleach my skin for the role.”.
In one interview for Variety, the actress of West Side Story by Steven Spielberg and the prequel to the hunger games has explained that her Snow White will be different from previous stories: “It goes back to another version of the princess that was told in the story in which survived a snow storm What happened when I was a baby. The king and queen decided to call her Snow White to remind him of his resilience. “One of the central points of our film is to remember how strong you really are.”
“She was my mother’s favorite princess.”Zegler said. “When she was little there weren’t many dark-haired princesses, and that was the one she could identify with.” The actress also commented that there may be different versions of the stories and has given as an example the 1997 Cinderella, starring the actress and singer Brandy.
“I grew up in a house where that was Cinderella. But the blonde, blue-eyed, blue-dressed Cinderella from the 1950s cartoons is also Cinderella. Plus, Hilary Duff is Cinderella. I was able to understand those things at an early age. “he explained.
Brandy herself has expressed her confidence in Rachel for the role: “I know it will be absolutely amazing.”. Also, he has given him a couple of tips to deal with the criticism and hate he is receiving: “You are not accepting this role to fit into the critics’ mold. You do it for all the Colombian girls who have not yet seen themselves in a Disney princess role.”
“You’re doing this for the girl you once werewho grew up without that representation of her Colombian culture,” he continues. “You’re showing her that anything is possible for someone who looks like her, and that’s the most important job in the world.”
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