Disney's woke Snow White Rachel Zegler calls for a "free Palestine" in trailer promotion
The actress, who filmed with Israel's Gal Gadot in the role of the evil queen, has been at the center of several controversies for her left-wing activism.
Rachel Zegler, the new Snow White in the controversial woke version of the classic with real actors that Disney is about to release, has once again taken a back seat to promoting the film as a result of her political stances. This time, the actress posted "Free Palestine" on her social networks following a post about the new trailer for the feature film.
Leftist proclamation or insult to Gal Gadot?
It is worth noting that another of the film's actresses is Gal Gadot, originally from Israel, who plays the evil queen. In fact, many social media users interpret Zegler's words as an insult to her co-star, who, for the time being, has not commented on the post.
The remake of Snow White has been surrounded by controversy from the start. The very choice of Zegler received many negative reactions, as it was considered to introduce a person physically distant from the character, who, as her name suggests, is especially white, while the actress has a darker skin tone.
The controversy that does not cease
Some leaked images in which the alleged dwarfs turned into characters representing different stereotypes, almost all of them normal-sized, forced the company to issue a statement assuring that the dwarfs would continue to be dwarfs and would be generated by digital effects.
Zegler herself caused another earthquake when she criticized the classic version by assuring in an interview with Variety that "It's not 1937 anymore. She's not going to be saved by the prince, and she's not going to dream of true love. She dreams of becoming the leader she knows she can be, and the leader her late father told her she could be if she was fearless, fair, brave and true. It's an incredible story that young people everywhere can see themselves reflected in." In addition, Zegler went so far as to accusing the prince of "stalking" Snow White...