Rachel Zegler responds to 'angry' criticism over Snow White casting

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1 February 2022 at 3:00 am

Last June, producers at Disney announced that the West Side Story actress had landed the lead role in the upcoming live-action remake of the 1937 animated classic. Shortly after, online trolls criticised Disney executives for selecting a woman of Latin descent to appear as Snow White and in a new interview for Variety's Actors on Actors series with Andrew Garfield Zegler explained that she feels a responsibility to "educate" those people.

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Rachel Zegler responds to 'angry' criticism over Snow White casting

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