“A latina woman who hates Snow White to play Snow White”: Fans Troll Rachel Zegler after Viral Video Shows Her Admitting She’s Scared of the Story
Amidst all the rising stars in Hollywood, Rachel Zegler is a prominent one. The 22-year-old actor rose to fame with Steven Spielberg’s musical drama of West Side Story in 2021. The actor made headlines after she was chosen to play the role of Disney Princess Snow White. Rachel Zegler has been associated with projects like The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, and Paddington in Peru
Rachel Zegler Trolled For Her Viral Video On Snow White
The internet has been bumbling after Rachel Zegler‘s video clip has become viral. The talked-about video is a snippet of an interview of Variety’s Actors On Actors. edition. The actor mentioned that as a child she was extremely terrified of the Snow White cartoon, she had watched it once and after that, she never picked it up.
The viral video was posted by the page End Wokeness on the reputed social media platform X, previously known as Twitter.
Disney picked a Latina woman who hates Snow White to play Snow White pic.twitter.com/trInBYb3nX
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 11, 2023
The Shazam actor would be playing the character of Snow White in the upcoming Live action drama and the video has sparked online criticism. Rachel Zegler was slammed by Disney fans and critics on X formerly known as Twitter. A Twitter user mentioned-
— Paul Hookem 🇺🇸 (@PaulHook_em) August 11, 2023
She was also subjected to racist comments on social media.
Off White and the 7 allies
— Salvador Zambrano (@therealszc) August 12, 2023
The actor was called out for being Latina too.
Disney hates the very people that these movies were made after. They purposefully cast people like her who hate everything these movies used to stand for. Disney deserves to go broke.
— rightwingsavages (@rtwngsavages) August 11, 2023
A Twitter user even went on post a picture of the Israeli model-turned-actor Gal Gadot as the evil queen.
— Paul Hookem 🇺🇸 (@PaulHook_em) August 11, 2023
A tweet even suggested that Disney should not hire actors who hate the subject matter of the project.
One piece of advice I always give aspiring filmmakers, is not to hire someone who hates the subject matter.
She is typical of her generation. Nothing of value came before them. Everything they create is better in every way.
This is just the beginning. https://t.co/i1L1t5Ngq3
— Matthew Marsden (@matthewdmarsden) August 11, 2023
Rachel Zegler has already invited a problem for herself and has been getting negative media attention for talking about the Disney princess.
Rachel Zegler On Landing The Role In Disney’s Live Action Of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
After The Little Mermaid fame actor Halle Bailey, Rachel Zelger became the target of racist commentary on the internet. During an interview with the reputed media outlet Variety’s Actors On Actors series, the Latin actor was present with Andrew Garfield. While talking about her upcoming Disney movie, the actor mentioned-
“Never in a million years did I imagine that this would be a possibility for me,”
While talking about Snow White, the actor said-
“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. But you don’t particularly see people who look like me or are me playing roles like that.”
Rachel Zegler concluded the interview with-
“When it was announced, it was a huge thing that was trending on Twitter for days, because all of the people were angry. We need to love them in the right direction. At the end of the day, I have a job to do that I’m really excited to do. I get to be a Latina princess.”
The live-action musical Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs is the biggest project of Rachel Zegler. The actor has already registered her name in the list of rising stars in Hollywood.
Source: X/Twitter
