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New York Post
18 Jul 2023


NextImg:Disney backtracks after ‘Snow White’ anti-woke backlash: Set pics were real

When exclusive photos from the set of Disney’s live-action adaptation of “Snow White” leaked last week, the internet reacted like someone had poisoned their apple.

The pictures, published by the Daily Mail, featured Snow White accompanied not by seven little men, but by actors of different “genders, ethnicities, and heights.”

The Mail headline, “EXCLUSIVE: Snow White and the Seven…Politically-Correct Companions?” quickly made waves on the internet as conservatives criticized the “woke” update.

Then, a Disney representative told the Daily Beast that the photos were “fake and not from our production.”

Disney later reversed the claim and told the Daily Beast that the photos were from the set of “Snow White,” though they were not “official” photos.

A photo of Zegler’s stand-in from The Daily Mail circled the internet to widespread confusion.
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An image from Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" animated feature shows Snow White in bed with the seven dwarves looking up at her.

Disney disavowed The Daily Mail photos from the “Snow White” set, before retracting the statement.
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Adding to the confusion, the original Daily Mail article erroneously reported that actors Rachel Zegler — slated to portray the fairest of them all — and Andrew Burnap were pictured. (Gal Godot will play the Evil Queen.)

In actuality, it was Burnap and Zegler’s stand-ins who were in the shot.

Elsewhere on the internet, conservatives have made it clear that they do not welcome the inclusive update to Disney’s very first princess.

Rachel Zegler poses in a black and gold dress on the red carpet.

Rachel Zegler, fresh off a turn as Steven Spielberg’s leading lady in Oscar-nominated “West Side Story,” is the fairest of them all in Disney’s “Snow White” remake.
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The cast of "Snow White" are costumed as magical creatures during filming.

Disney has toyed with different options for how to update Snow White’s story for a modern audience, but all of its ideas have met with backlash for one reason or another.
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After facing facing controversy last year for their planned portrayal of the princess’ seven companions, Disney insisted that they were “consulting with members of the dwarfism community” to avoid reinforcing stereotypes baked into the original film.

Mickey Mouse & co. then suggested that instead of seven dwarves, the characters would be transformed to “magical creatures” through the use of CGI — an unsatisfactory compromise for all.