Rachel Zegler, the star of Disney’s live-action “Snow White” reboot, is defending herself from the backlash she received after highlighting the “weird” love story in the original animated film years ago.
one in New interview with VarietyZiegler accused his critics of taking his comments “out of context”, as 2022 interview footage showed him chiding the original film as old-fashioned in its depiction of the romance between Snow White and the prince who rescues her. Was.
“Honestly, I’m sad that it was taken this way, because I believe women can do anything. But I also believe they can do everything,” she told the Hollywood outlet.
In a 2022 clip from the Disney D23 Expo that year, Ziegler commented on their film adaptation of the classic fairy tale being more modern.
“I just mean it’s not 1937 anymore,” he said at the time, “she’s not being saved by a prince and she’s not dreaming about true love. She’s dreaming of being that leader. “The person she knows she can be and the leader she dreams of becoming that her late father told her she could be if she was fearless, fair, brave and true.”
Elsewhere, he commented that some parts of the original film were “weird” and noted that the prince literally chases Snow White.
Fans of the original Disney “Snow White” and other cultural commentators criticized Ziegler’s desire for a version of the classic tale with modern gender norms. The actress has since become the butt of jokes and Disney’s upcoming film – set to be released in 2025 – has been slammed by many film fans online.
In her recent interview, Ziegler explained that she never intended her comments to be offensive, saying that she just meant that the classic Disney character has goals besides falling in love with the prince.
She said, “I would never want to upset anyone and say, ‘If you want love, you can’t work.’ Or ‘If you want to work, you can’t have a family.’ It’s never been true. It can be very disturbing when things are taken out of context or the jokes don’t reach people.”
The actress also denied allegations that Disney was going to update the love story for the modern age. “The love story is very integral. A lot of people wrote that we were not doing this [that storyline] Now – we were always doing this; That wasn’t what we were talking about that day.”
As she continued, Ziegler suggested that her comments were taken out of context by people who want to disparage famous women. Variety said, “Ziegler is not surprised by what she sees as people’s deliberate misunderstanding of her comments. “This is par for the course for an outspoken young woman in the public eye.”
The actress said, “I have seen women broken my whole life, my whole career. We will see this in the upcoming elections. I’m afraid we’ll be seeing this for a long time.
Sometimes it may feel like we are going back; “It definitely felt like that when it was happening.”
In addition to the “Snow White” controversy, Ziegler also drew outrage for an anti-Israel statement she shared to X in August.
After thanking her fans for watching the first trailer for the “Snow White” film online, she added, “And always remember, free Palestine.”
