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<\/p>\nRachel Zegler channels Snow White in a first look image released by Disney in promotion of the controversial remake.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The fairytale is being brought back to the big screen in live-action form, and fans were finally given an official glimpse at the upcoming film in a new promotional image.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The photo captures Rachel, clad in Snow White’s iconic gown, with the seven dwarfs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The dreamy image sees Zegler, 22, and the others gathered inside a sunlit cottage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Snow White, a remake of Walt Disney’s 1937 animated feature film Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, has not been without controversy since filming began.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Rachel Zegler’s transformation into Snow White has been made complete in a first look image released by Disney<\/p>\n
When the casting for the film was revealed, the Latina actress was met with criticism and disgraceful racist trolling for not being a traditionally ‘fair’ German princess.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However Zegler hit back at critics who who questioned her casting as the historically white character on social media, writing in a since-deleted tweet: ‘yes i am snow white no i am not bleaching my skin for the role.’<\/p>\n
The upcoming movie also faced backlash from actor Peter Dinklage, who has a common form of dwarfism known as achondroplasia, after he slammed the studio for remaking the \u2018backward\u2019 film that reinforces stereotypes.<\/p>\n
‘Literally no offense to anyone, but I was a little taken aback when they were very proud to cast a Latina actress as Snow White \u2014 but you\u2019re still telling the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,’ Peter previously told Marc Maron on his WTF podcast.<\/p>\n
‘Take a step back and look at what you\u2019re doing there. It makes no sense to me. You\u2019re progressive in one way and you\u2019re still making that f***ing backward story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together, what the f*** are you doing man?’<\/p>\n
Disney said the film, which is still years from release, will have cultural consultants, just like its life-action remakes of Aladdin and Mulan did.<\/p>\n
The studio also claims it has been working on reimagining the dwarf characters since its earliest production stages.<\/p>\n
Peter was promoting his new movie Cyrano on the podcast with Maron where they were discussing ‘wokeness’ when he discussed the Snow White reboot.<\/p>\n
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The film, a remake of Walt Disney’s 1937 animated feature film Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, has not been without controversy since filming began<\/p>\n
‘Have I done nothing to advance the cause from my soap box? I guess I\u2019m not loud enough,’ Peter questioned.<\/p>\n
He added he didn’t know what studio was remaking Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, but he recalled, ‘they were so proud of it.’<\/p>\n
‘All love and respect to the actress and all the people who thought they were doing the right thing. But I’m just like, what are you doing?’ he added.<\/p>\n
In a statement released in response to Dinklage, the company said it had been consulting with members of the dwarfism community throughout the early stages of production.<\/p>\n
‘To avoid reinforcing stereotypes from the original animated film, we are taking a different approach with these seven characters and have been consulting with members of the dwarfism community,’ a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
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Beloved film: The original animated film was released in 1937<\/p>\n
‘We look forward to sharing more as the film heads into production after a lengthy development period.’<\/p>\n
Zegler addressed complaints the film was trying to be politically correct in an interview with\u00a0Vanity Fair last year, saying the story needed \u2018refreshing\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018People are making these jokes about ours being the PC Snow White… yeah, it is – because it needed that,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n
The live-action adaptation of Snow White is scheduled to make its premiere in theaters in the U.S. on March 21, 2025, according to IMDb.\u00a0<\/p>\n