Rachel Zegler won’t sing “Some Day My Prince Will Come” in Disney’s new live-action remake of “Snow White.”
This princess doesn’t need a man and will instead warble the girl-boss anthem “Waiting on a Wish.”
But given all the controversy around the movie, in theaters March 21, it might be a long wait.
Rachel Zegler in the upcoming live-action version of “Snow White” that’s under fire before it even hits the box office.Walt Disney Co.
Variety reported this week that there will be none of the typical red-carpet interviews for the film’s premiere at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on Saturday — perhaps to avoid tough questions about the backlash that’s followed Snow White around like an eighth dwarf.
It comes as Disney has alienated fans, and suffered at the box office, by leaning into DEI initiatives, pushing gender ideologies in cartoons and adding content warnings to classic films like “Dumbo.”
It comes as Disney has alienated fans, and suffered at the box office, by leaning into DEI initiatives, pushing gender ideologies in cartoons and adding content warnings to classic films like “Dumbo.”
As the cultural tides have shifted over recent months, Disney has pulled back from some of its DEI moves.
But it remains to be seen whether “Snow White” will haunt the company for years to come or serve as a fairytale end to a try-hard era.
