Disney, which is keen to remake classic cartoons into live-action movies, has once again been embroiled in controversy over casting.
On the 22nd local time, Variety reported that after the Colombian-American Rachel Zegler was identified as the star of "Snow White", some American netizens said, "Isn't Snow White's name because her skin color is as white as snow?" There is really no need to set it up like this. ”
Rachel Zegler, born in 2001, showed musical talent earlier, in 2015, she opened a personal YouTube account, specializing in singing, in 2016 after being admitted to the United States St. Grace Girls' High School (private Catholic school), she has played the leading role in many musicals rehearsed at the school: for example, disney musical "Beauty and the Beast", "The Little Mermaid", Broadway musical "Forty-second Street", DreamWorks " Shrek", because of the experience of starring in the main role, She was nominated for Best Actress at a recognition event held by a local youth theatre.
In January 2018, director Spielberg selected the heroine Maria across the country for the remake of the classic film "West End Story", and the 16-year-old Rachel Zegler posted a video of herself singing "tonight" and "I feel pretty", and then stood out from more than 30,000 contestants.
The first film was with Spielberg, Rachel Zegler can be said to have the top resources on her debut, in 2019, she signed a contract with the world-renowned agency ICM Partners, and in February this year, DC officially announced that Rachel Zegler joined "Thunder Shazam 2".
On the 22nd local time, Variety reported that Rachel Zegler once again won the protagonist of Disney's upcoming remake of "Snow White", and the Disney side said, "Her extraordinary voice is only one aspect of her talent, and her strength, wisdom and optimism will become an indispensable part of re-understanding this classic fairy tale." ”
However, this statement, American netizens do not buy it, think that its skin color is not "white" enough, some netizens said, "Can understand the film wants to show diversity, but the origin of Snow White's name is not because the princess's skin is as white as snow?" ”
Adapted from Grimm's fairy tales, Snow White first appeared in disney's film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937 and was Disney's first animated feature film, a story about the relationship between the kind Snow White and her vicious stepmother that has since been featured on the big screen as a live-action film.
For example, in 2012, Relativity Media produced "Magic Mirror, Magic Mirror" starring Lily Collins and Julia Roberts;
In the same year, Universal Pictures' "Snow White and the Huntsman", starring "Twilight" heroine Kristen Stewart, was released.
The blessing of many big names did not save many different versions of "Snow White", and the ratings of these movies hovered around 6 points.
This time, Disney's live-action version of Snow White will be directed by Marc Webb, who has directed "The Amazing Spider-Man" and "500 Days with Summer". The soundtrack will be composed by benji pasek and Justin Paul, songwriters of Philharmonic City and King of the Circus. Filming is scheduled to begin in 2022.
In addition to questioning the casting itself, another part of the American netizens are not optimistic about this adaptation.
From 2010's Alice in Wonderland to the present, Disney has released a remake of animated films almost every year, such as "Beauty and the Beast", "The Lion King", "Aladdin", "Mulan" and "The Little Mermaid".
Almost all of these films make a convention-breaking change to the original image, such as Marlene Feison played by Angelina Jolie in "Sleeping Curse", and "The Little Mermaid" played by black female singer Harley Bailey.
Every change sparks controversy. Previously, after the role of "The Little Mermaid" was exposed, the topic of #notmyariel (not my Ariel) once rushed to the Twitter hot topic, and many netizens criticized that Disney had begun to deviate for the so-called "political correctness".
Therefore, after the casting of "Snow White" was exposed, some netizens complained, can Disney stop remaking?
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