Rachel Zegler recently opened up to Harper’s Bazaar about the backlash she faced for playing “Snow White” in Disney’s 2025 live-action remake.
Because of her Colombian heritage, Zegler faced aggressive pushback from conservative circles, who thought the title role of Snow White should be played by a white woman. The “Y2K” star said the experience was “really confusing,” considering she also faced backlash for playing Maria in 2021’s “West Side Story” because her father was white.
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“I was told I wasn’t enough of one thing for ‘West Side Story’ and too much of another for ‘Snow White,’” Zegler said.
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