Rachel Zegler Recalls Snow White Casting Backlash: “People Were Angry”

There are a lot of strong feelings swirling around Disney’s forthcoming live-action retelling of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Just ask its star, Rachel Zegler. The Golden Globe–winning West Side Story ingenue recently sat down with fellow Golden Globe–winner Andrew Garfield for Variety’s Actors on Actors panel, where she discussed the internet kerfuffle surrounding her casting in the titular role because she’s Latina. “When it was announced, it was a huge thing that was trending on Twitter for days, because all of the people were angry,” Zegler told Garfield. “Never in a million years did I imagine that this… Read Full Article