Disney has released a first-look image from its live-action remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – and it makes the controversy even worse.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Disney has released a first-look image from its upcoming live-action remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, simply titled Snow White, and it doesn’t help the film’s casting controversy. The new version of Snow White will star Rachel Zegler as Snow White and Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen. It’s directed by The Amazing Spider-Man’s Marc Webb from a screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson and Barbie’s Greta Gerwig.
Since its announcement, Snow White has generated a lot more controversy than the average Disney remake. From the remake’s changes to the story to Zegler’s comments dismissing the original movie, there are plenty of controversies surrounding Snow White. One of the most polarizing aspects of the production was Disney’s decision to only cast one actor – Martin Klebba – to play all seven dwarfs.
Snow White's CGI-Looking Dwarfs Are The Result Of Disney's Casting The uncanny-valley CG dwarfs in the Snow White remake are a result of Disney’s controversial casting decision. Instead of casting multiple actors, the Mouse House hired Klebba to play each of the seven dwarfs, so they have to be CGI’d into scenes where they are all together in some fashion.
The choice to retell the story with the dwarfs at all was met with some backlash. Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage made headlines when he criticized Disney for continuing to tell a “backwards story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together.” The responses to Dinklage’s comments were mixed, but the negative responses claimed that removing the dwarfs from the story would take opportunities away from actors with dwarfism, which Disney’s CGI is doing anyway.
Disney's Live-Action Snow White Would've Been Better Off With Casting More Actors With Dwarfism Disney would have been better off casting seven actors with dwarfism to play the dwarfs in its Snow White remake. First and foremost, this would offer more opportunities to underrepresented actors in the dwarfism community. But it would also save the studio money, because it wouldn’t need to use CGI in every single shot featuring more than one of the dwarfs.
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