Outrage as Disney used CGI for 7 dwarves in Snow White Live-Action

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The original film, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” was released in 1937 and was Disney’s first feature-length animated film. More than 85 years later, the cast and team behind the remake have promised an updated version of the classic fairy tale.

Zegler starred as Maria in Steven Spielberg’s 2021 adaptation of the classic musical “West Side Story,” a breakout role for the actor-singer. She went on to appear in “Shazam: Fury of the Gods” and next stars in “The Hungers Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.”

In a new image, Rachel Zegler is transformed into the iconic Disney Princess, surrounded by her Seven Dwarfs. As of today, the film, which was originally set to open on March 22, 2024, has been delayed to March 21, 2025.

Zegler stars as Snow White and Gal Gadot plays The Evil Queen. Ansu Kabia co-stars as the Huntsman and Andrew Burnap plays a new character named Jonathan. The Seven Dwarfs have been reimagined for the remake, and Zegler has said that this new iteration will not be as focused on the romantic subplot but instead will show Snow White become the leader her father encouraged her to be. The reimagined storyline and Zegler’s casting — she will be the first Latina to play Snow White — have generated some online criticism for veering from the source material.

The change to “magical creatures” backfired on Disney. Instead of embracing the supposedly more politically correct change, Disney was criticized for its failure to give actors with dwarfism the opportunity to take on the dwarf roles in Snow White. The seven magical creatures appeared to only feature one actor with dwarfism. This meant that Disney, to be more sensitive, effectively nixed six potential opportunities for casting inclusion of the very group that has been so historically misrepresented on screen.

Despite the anticipation, the remake has faced several Snow White controversies, including the representation of dwarves and Zegler’s comments about the classic. Rather than borrowing from the original animated movie’s title Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, the upcoming Disney live-action movie deemphasized the dwarf characters by lopping off this second part of the title. Then, it was revealed the seven dwarfs would be replaced by seven “magical creatures” in the Snow White remake. This change was made in consideration of harmful stereotypes about those with dwarfism that those characters were thought to perpetuate.