Disney’s live-action Snow White remake, starring Rachel Zegler, continues to face turbulence following a lackluster $87 million opening weekend against its $270 million budget. The film, already mired in controversy, has now been linked to another high-profile scandal as Zegler gains public support from Melissa Barrera, the former Scream actress fired over her own contentious remarks.
Zegler, 23, has been a lightning rod for criticism since 2022, when she told Extra she found the original 1937 film’s storyline “problematic,” dismissing its focus on a “love story with the guy who literally stalks her” as “weird, weird.” She promised a “different approach,” scrapping the romance entirely. She also revealed to Entertainment Weekly that she was “scared” of the classic cartoon as a child and had only watched it once, raising eyebrows about her connection to the source material.
If that isn't bad enough, she then got busy on social media.
Her posts, including an unnecessary “Free Palestine” message and bitter criticism of Donald Trump, sparked concern at Disney.
Page Six reporting that executives struggled to rein her in. “She’s an outspoken 20-something, and Disney chiefs have called her directly and asked her to tone down her posts,” a source claimed, adding that her management was contacted, but “she won’t listen.”
Producer Marc Platt reportedly flew to New York to address the issue, a move his son Jonah defended yesterday in a now-deleted Instagram post, noting his father “had to leave his family to reprimand his 20-year-old employee.”
