Rachel Zegler was targeted by a stream of online rumors claiming the actress was fired as the lead role in the upcoming Disney Snow White movie – rumors that have now officially been shot down.
As the young actress faced a wave of criticism online for her “woke” comments about the original plot, many believed that she was fired from the Disney movie. Fans took to Twitter Friday with many praising the rumored decision to let the actress go. One user wrote: “Rachel Zegler should’ve been fired from both but @DisneyStudios wants to lose millions and there is no doubt that they will,” with another adding: “I was wrong with what I posted earlier, #RachelZegler is still #SnowWhite. Despite being a total Karen and having zero respect for the House of Mouse, #Disney is sticking with her.”
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Rachel’s representatives confirmed that the news was untrue and Rachel is still set to star in the upcoming live action movie planned to release in 2024. In a statement to The Mirror Rachel’s reps wrote there is “absolutely no truth” to the rumors she was fired. The confusion from fans lied in the fact Rachel needed to be recasted in the movie Paddington 3 due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.
The speculation that the former West Side Story actress was fired came after a series of controversial comments the 22-year-old actress made last year. During interviews, Rachel repeatedly expressed her dislike for the original storyline of Snow White.
In an interview with ExtraTV in October 2022, she said: “The original cartoon came out in 1937, and very evidently so. There’s a big focus on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her. Weird! Weird! So we didn’t do that this time.” In another interview, Rachel said: “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.”
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Many fans were outraged by this remark, calling the statement “pseudo feminism” and claiming that Disney, and Rachel, are being “disrespectful” to the original source material. Other fans have taken their criticism a step further claiming that Disney should stop making live action remakes altogether.
Disney fans took to social media to share their anger over Rachel’s comment about prioritizing leadership over love. One fan wrote: “#RachelZegler is so offensive. Whoever decided to cast her should be fired. It’s not 1937? The Prince is a stalker? What in the world? Every little girl wants to be a a princess & to fall in love with her Prince.” Another wrote: “#rachelzegler is the most unliked actress ever and the #snowhite remake can’t be delayed long enough to forget about the lead actress.” And a third added: “#RachelZegler is spoiled, ungrateful, and thoroughly unlikeable. #Disney could have cast an artist interested in entertaining fans but instead they went for #woke.”
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