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She bit the apple.
Rachel Zegler, 23, is talking out about her “Snow White” controversy.
“I interpret people’s feelings about this film as passion for it, and what an honor to be able to be a part of something that people are so passionate about,” she informed Vogue Mexico in a profile revealed Monday.
“We’re not always going to have the same feelings as everyone around us and all we can do is give our best.”
The “West Side Story” star performs the titular function of Snow White within the upcoming live-action movie.
Extra lately, Zegler sparked controversy after the “West Side Story” star spoke out towards those that voted for Donald Trump within the 2024 election. Following her feedback, some Trump supporters stated they’d boycott the undertaking.
“I hope you get no peace when this film BOMBS at the box office and streaming,” one wrote on social media.
After Trump’s win, Zegler shared a collection of messages together with her 2.3 million Instagram followers.
“I find myself speechless in the midst of this. another four years of hatred, leaning us towards a world i do not want to live in,” she wrote in a now-deleted Instagram Story.
“I shouldn’t be this shocked. but i am. i am heartbroken for my friends who awoke [in] fear this morning. and i am here with you. to cry, to yell, to hug. to wax poetic on how the left continues to fail us in forging a new path forward. this loss should not have been. and it certainly should not have been by so many votes.”
In a follow-up put up, she added there’s a “deep, deep sickness” in america on account of how many individuals voted for a “man who threatens our democracy.”
The “Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” star additionally confronted backlash for feedback she made in regards to the 1937 unique animated “Snow White,” calling David Hand’s work “extremely dated.”
Within the 2022 clip from the Disney D23 Expo that yr, Zegler additionally made headlines when she made feedback about how her rendition of the fairy story could be extra fashionable than the unique movie.
“She’s not going to be saved by the prince and she’s not going to be dreaming about true love. She’s dreaming about becoming the leader she knows she can be and the leader that her late father told her that she could be if she was fearless, fair, brave and true,” she stated.
In a interview with Selection in Oct. 2024, Zegler stated, “In all honesty, it made me sad that [my comments were] taken in such a way, because I believe that women can do anything. But I also believe that they can do everything.”
Zegler later clarified that her feedback in regards to the “Snow White” romance have been misinterpreted.
“I would never want to box someone in and say, ‘If you want love, then you can’t work.’ Or ‘If you want to work, then you can’t have a family.’ It’s not true,” she stated. “It’s never been true. It can be very upsetting when things get taken out of context or jokes don’t land. The love story is very integral. A lot of people wrote that we weren’t doing [that storyline] anymore — we were always doing that; it just wasn’t what we were talking about on that day.”
The live-action movie is a musical fantasy with a screenplay co-written by “Barbie’s” Greta Gerwig. “Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot will co-star because the evil queen.
Disney’s “Snow White” remake hits theaters March 21.
