Rachel Zegler Further Tries to Dismiss Disney “Snow White” Fans In Recent Interview

Every time she opens her mouth, it gets worse. Rachel Zegler just did a Variety interview about playing Juliette on Broadway but found a way to “smirk” about “Disney adults” when speaking about “Snow White.” Between Disney ditching actors with dwarfism and Zegler’s commentary, Disney really should consider shelving this film.

Sometimes, it’s not what you say. It’s how you say it.

The Variety author isn’t doing Disney any favors with their fans, either. Leading with a title that calls the fans “toxic” and using terms like “vitriol” and “Disney adult” throughout the article. All of this is not helping their case.

What did Rachel Zegler say about “Snow White?”

She, of course, made some comments about the obvious reason that some think her casting was off. The fact that Snow White was called that because she was “white as snow.”

Then she “smirked” about how she loved the 1997 “Cinderella” movie with Whitney Houston and Brandy, as did many, and made a comment that implied that she was smarter as a child than adults are now.

“I grew up in a house where that was Cinderella. Obviously, we watched the cartoon. But a child’s mind is the most amazing thing, where it’s just like, ‘OK, that’s Cinderella. But the blond-haired, blue-eyed, blue-dress Cinderella from the 1950s cartoon is also Cinderella. Also, Hilary Duff is Cinderella in ‘A Cinderella Story.’” She smirks. “I was able to comprehend those things at a young age.”

While I agree with what she is saying, the “smirk” and the way she states it is where the issues lie. Her attitude is a big part of why people don’t want to see this film. Many have commented on her snark or sarcasm, which the interviewer conveyed by describing her expression as she spoke.

Zegler has been saying that “Snow White” has been changed a lot to fit her casting.

Disney has been seeing a huge drop in the audience for live-action versions of animated films. The Little Mermaid just recently cost them millions.

It seems that the Disney story will now be different from the original film in regard to what “fairest of them all ” means and Snow White’s role as a “leader.” She also doesn’t need a man in this version.

Over all it is significantly removed from the original film and story.

The character won’t be named Snow White for her “skin as white as snow” but instead for a snow storm?

“It fell back to another version of ‘Snow White’ that was told in history, where she survived a snowstorm that occurred when she was a baby. And so the king and queen decided to name her Snow White to remind her of her resilience. One of the core points in our film for any young woman or young person is remembering how strong you actually are.”

The traditional story on which the film was based named the character after her skin tone.

She blames the backlash on misogyny.

In true Rachel Zegler fashion, she uses the backlash to spin a narrative that somehow it’s all because women are kept down.

When asked about the backlash to her comments about how the original film was “weird” and the prince “literally stalks” Snow she said:

“In all honesty, it made me sad that it was taken in such a way, because I believe that women can do anything. But I also believe that they can do everything.

I would never want to box someone in and say, ‘If you want love, then you can’t work.’ Or ‘If you want to work, then you can’t have a family.’ It’s not true. It’s never been true. It can be very upsetting when things get taken out of context or jokes don’t land.

The love story is very integral. A lot of people wrote that we weren’t doing [that storyline] anymore — we were always doing that; it just wasn’t what we were talking about on that day.”

Previously, she said that the film is “really not about the love story at all.” She said that it is about Snow’s “inner journey” to “find her true self.” At D23 in 2022, she implied that she had a say in the story, and it was completely removed from the original to write out “true love” and focus on self.

“I just mean that it’s no longer 1937. We absolutely wrote a ‘Snow White’ that … 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.”

These comments have “toxic” “Disney Adults” worried about this film.

The film has been in development for years with delays and changes. The backlash over the dwarfs, as well as comments from the lead actress, have gone a long way to turn off fans for this film.

Brand experts have even discussed the damage done by her comments.

At last check, the budget for this has gone up to over $300 million and possibly higher. This is before marketing. The film will probably need to do $650-$700 million to break even, and honestly, it could need more. “The Little Mermaid” made about $570 million, and Disney lost about $5 million.

People are over the live-action remakes. They are also tired of being called “toxic” or “Disney adults” over “Snow White.”

After all of her comments and continued commentary, the trailer looked like what one would expect from “Snow White.”

This interview is not helping. We will see how this goes.

“Snow White” releases to theaters on March 21, 2025 (For real this time.)