Snow White actor with skin “as white as snow”
Whether you like the new Snow White film or you hate it, it's hard to escape the debate around its lead actress, Rachel Zegler.
Before the film was released, Zegler faced abuse online by people who disagreed with her casting in the role of a character deemed to have skin "as white as snow".
The 23-year-old star has dominated conversation about the film, as people either blame her for its poor reviews.
They include Jonah Platt, the son of Snow White producer Marc Platt. Earlier this week, he took aim at Zegler in a fiery social media post. It has since been deleted, but was screenshotted by multiple outlets including the New York Post.
He said Zegler had "[dragged] her personal politics" into the film's promotional campaign, adding: "Her actions clearly hurt the film's box office."
Zegler made headlines after her comments, in 2022, about the original film. "There's a big focus [in the original] on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her. Weird! So we didn't do that this time."
Zegler also said the original film was "extremely dated when it comes to the ideas of women being in roles of power", adding: "People are making these jokes about ours being the PC Snow White, where it's like, yeah, it is - because it needed that."
Zegler pointed out that times and attitudes have changed, and that the new Snow White has been adapted for the current age. This is the case with many remakes and reboots, many of which do not make the headlines with comments about 'woke' culture."
Last summer, she thanked fans for their response to the film's trailer in a post on X, adding, "and always remember, free Palestine".
Zegler also stoked controversy with her views after the 2024 US presidential election. Writing on Instagram, she said she hoped "Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace".
Before the film was released, Zegler faced abuse online by people who disagreed with her casting in the role of a character deemed to have skin "as white as snow".
The 23-year-old star has dominated conversation about the film, as people either blame her for its poor reviews.
They include Jonah Platt, the son of Snow White producer Marc Platt. Earlier this week, he took aim at Zegler in a fiery social media post. It has since been deleted, but was screenshotted by multiple outlets including the New York Post.
He said Zegler had "[dragged] her personal politics" into the film's promotional campaign, adding: "Her actions clearly hurt the film's box office."
Zegler made headlines after her comments, in 2022, about the original film. "There's a big focus [in the original] on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her. Weird! So we didn't do that this time."
Zegler also said the original film was "extremely dated when it comes to the ideas of women being in roles of power", adding: "People are making these jokes about ours being the PC Snow White, where it's like, yeah, it is - because it needed that."
Zegler pointed out that times and attitudes have changed, and that the new Snow White has been adapted for the current age. This is the case with many remakes and reboots, many of which do not make the headlines with comments about 'woke' culture."
Last summer, she thanked fans for their response to the film's trailer in a post on X, adding, "and always remember, free Palestine".
Zegler also stoked controversy with her views after the 2024 US presidential election. Writing on Instagram, she said she hoped "Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace".
