'I was able to comprehend those things at a young age,' she said of critics who reacted negatively when she was cast in the Disney film
actor looks and sings like a literal Disney princess, grown adults were upset that a Latina woman had been cast as their beloved white cartoon idol. People were pissed off again when the young star said her take on the classic story would not include the “weird” element of Snow White pining over a man who “literally stalks” her, interpreting her words in the least generous way to mean that she looks down on people who value love.
Of the controversy surrounding the color of her skin, Zegler is more snide. Speaking about the 1997 version ofstarring Brandy as the titular princess, Zegler said, “I grew up in a house where that was Cinderella. Obviously, we watched the cartoon. But a child’s mind is the most amazing thing, where it’s just like, ‘OK, that’s Cinderella.’ But the blond-haired, blue-eyed, blue-dress Cinderella from the 1950s cartoon is also Cinderella.
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