Rachel Zegler Under Fire For Tribute To Original Snow White Actress

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Rachel Zegler, the actress playing Snow White in the upcoming live-action adaptation from Disney, is under fire for recent photos she posted to her Instagram page. In the photos she is dressed up to look like the original Snow White actress Adriana Caselotti from the 1937 film. This has led to fans calling her a hypocrite.

 

 

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Zegler (who can’t use capitalization unless she is issuing an apology letter from her handlers) posted the following with the images,

“just had to pay homage to the original snow white, miss adriana caselotti, to whom i owe everything.”

Why are they calling her a hypocrite?

Fans are upset with Zegler for attempting to recreate images of Caselotti, and saying she owes her everything after the actress has criticized the original film several times.

Here are some of her comments that led to anger toward her starting with the D23 event in 2022, 

At the event she told ExtraTV,

“The original cartoon came out in 1937 and very evidently so. There’s a big focus on her love story with the guy who literally stalks her. Weird, weird.”

Later she told Variety, 

“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.”

In an interview with the EW she said, 

“…that the cartoon was made 85 years ago and therefore it’s extremely dated when it comes to the ideas of women being in roles of power, and uh, and what a woman is fit for in the world and so when we came to reimagining the actual role of Snow White it became about the fairest of them all meaning who is the most just and who can become a fantastic leader.”

But more importantly she also said that she had only watched the film ONCE as a child and was scared of it, 

“…I was scared of the original cartoon. I think I watched it once and then I never picked it up again like I’m being so serious. I watched it once and then I went on the ride in Disney World which was called Snow White’s Scary Adventures, doesn’t sound like something a little kid would like, was terrified of it never revisited Snow White again. So I watched it for the first time in probably 16, 17 years when I was doing this film….”

After that comment she does praise the character for singing, acting, and working as part of a team.

All of this has led to backlash over her treatment of Walt Disney’s first animated feature length film and the start of what cemented Disney as the definitive name in family entertainment.

Now, after her previous comments, her homage to the original Snow White actress is too far for some fans.

Comments on her Instagram seem to be curated so only positive ones are posting through. Then the comment section was “limited.”

However, comments on X are still visible.

 

 

There are some positive comments, too, but the majority of them are not.

“Snow White” will be officially released to theaters on March 21, with previews on March 20.

Already, images are coming in of almost empty theaters.

I also looked at the major theaters that are local to me, and the seats are not selling all that well. However, this type of movie might not do well in presales, but families could buy tickets at the door.

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