Controversies surrounding Disney’s flop remake of “Snow White” have exploded in current weeks. Nevertheless, a brand new report claims outspoken star Rachel Zegler’s social media posts have roiled the Home of Mouse internally for months.
After Zegler fired off a sequence of missives that disparaged President Donald Trump, the studio went as far as to rent a “social media guru” to carefully scrutinize her on-line exercise, in keeping with Selection.
In November 2024 — three months after the 23-year-old actress was criticized for commenting “and always remember, free palestine [sic]” on a trailer for her PG-rated household film — she piled on, posting “F–k Donald Trump” and “May Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace.”
Disney didn’t need to alienate the 49.8% of Individuals who voted for Trump that month from seeing its $270 million film, so it reportedly enlisted an overseer for Zegler.
“After a back and forth, she began working with a social media guru paid for by Disney to vet any posts before the film’s March 21 bow,” the report stated.
The nervous studio additionally implored the “West Side Story” star to take down her Palestine put up. Producer Marc Platt, who produced final yr’s “Wicked,” allegedly flew from Los Angeles to New York to attraction to her whereas she was showing in “Romeo + Juliet” on Broadway. However the actress stood her floor, Selection stated.
“She didn’t understand the repercussions of her actions as far as what that meant for the film, for Gal [Gadot], for anyone,” a supply informed the commerce.
Gadot, 39, started to obtain demise threats, the outlet moreover claimed, including that Disney was compelled to rent safety for the Israeli “Wonder Woman” actress, who performs the Evil Queen.
The Put up has reached out to Disney for remark.
Critiques for “Snow White,” which hit theaters March 21, have been dismal.
In a evaluate for The Put up, I wrote the 1937 cartoon traditional “has been turned into another pointless and awkward live-action automaton that vanishes from your mind the second it’s over.”
And, though “Snow White” debuted as No. 1 on the home field workplace, the movie grossed simply $87 million worldwide — a paltry quantity for a film so costly.
