Snow White and the 7 CGI Dwarves

The Rachel Zegler Snow White reboot got no love from Disney CEO Bob Iger today as the big cheese of the House of Mouse utterly ignored the big budget live action remake of Disney’s first animated classic while touting the company’s 2025 film slate during the Disney earnings call.

“Looking to 2025, we have an extremely positive content slate,” he said. “including Captain America: Brave New World, Lilo and Stitch, The Fantastic 4: First Steps, Zootopia 2, and Avatar: Fire and Ash.”

This was the second earnings call in a row where Iger failed to mention the Zegler-led project and comes just days after the outspoken star made a spectacle of herself on social media. In a series of Instagram posts, Zegler appeared to wish harm or misfortune upon President-Elect Donald Trump and the 75 million plus Americans who voted for him in the US presidential election.

Rachel Zegler as Snow White in Snow White (2025), Walt Disney Studios

“I shouldn’t be this shocked,” Zegler said on her Instagram account. “But I am. I am heartbroken for my friends who awoke fear this morning. And I am here with you. To cry, to yell, to hug. To wax poetic on how the left continues to fail us in forging a new path forward. This loss should not have been. And it certainly should not have been by so many votes. I echo Ethel Cain’s statement more than anything. May Trump supporters and Trump himself never know peace.”

The comments earned immediate condemnation from the public, with outcry against Zegler reaching a fever pitch within the last 24 hours. The backlash against Zegler seemed to rise louder than any public sentiment against other Hollywood celebrities who have voiced dramatic horror at Trump’s election to a second term in the White House.


(L-R): Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen and Rachel Zegler as Snow White in Disney’s live-action SNOW WHITE. Photo courtesy of Disney. © 2024 Disney Enterprises Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Mark Hamill, Mark Ruffalo, Whoopi Goldberg, Bette Middler, and many others took to social media to lambast Trump’s win. Jimmy Kimmel even cried on national TV over it. But Zegler went above and beyond with her wishing a lack of peace upon the incoming president and his supporters.

Of course, this isn’t the first time the Rachel Zegler Snow White film has faced backlash due to its lead actress’s public antics. The movie faced an avalanche of fan ire after a series of comments by Zegler in an interview with Extra went viral on social media. When speaking to the outlet, she lambasted the original 1937 film’s love story and even went as far as to call the prince a stalker.
Rachel Zegler as Snow White at a wishing well

Rachel Zegler as Snow White in Disney’s live-action SNOW WHITE. Photo courtesy of Disney. © 2024 Disney Enterprises Inc. All Rights Reserved.

“The original cartoon came out in 1937, and very evidently so,” Zegler told Extra. “There’s a big focus on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her. Weird? Weird! So we didn’t do that this time.”

She also noted in a separate interview that Snow White would not be saved by the prince and she wouldn’t be dreaming about true love. Instead, Zegler said that her version of Disney’s first princess will be dreaming about becoming “the leader she always knew she could be.”

Rachel Zegler talking

Rachel Zegler via Good Morning America YouTube

When her comments ruffled the feather of longtime fans of the original animated classic, Zegler doubled down in an interview and compared herself to maligned women throughout history and used it as an opportunity to make a political statement.

“I’ve watched women get torn down my whole life, my whole career,” she said at the time. “We’ll watch it in the election that’s upcoming. We’re gonna witness that for a long time, I fear. Sometimes it can feel like we’re going back; it certainly felt that way when that was happening.”

The budget for this Snow White movie has reportedly ballooned to more than half a billion dollars after a series of extensive reshoots. If accurate, the film must make well past the billion dollar mark to be profitable once marketing and theater cuts get factored in.
The Snow White Trailer Dislike Ratio

A screenshot from the trailer for Disney’s Snow White showing the stunning like to dislike ratio – YouTube, Disney

But public sentiment surrounding the movie is at an all time low. The official trailer has a stunning like to dislike ratio of 96 thousands likes to 1.3 million dislikes.

Do you agree with Bob Iger’s decision to avoid mentioning the troubled Rachel Zegler Snow White film during the Disney earnings call? Sound off and let us know!