Snow White star Gal Gadot urges fans to see movie as controversy spikes: Its a great film

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most controversial of them all?As the release of the new live-action “Snow White” approaches, Gal Gadot, 39, is asking fans to give her musical movie a chance despite the yearslong scrutiny.When asked by a TMZ reporter on Tuesday if people should watch “Snow White,” the actress, who plays the Evil Queen, responded, “Of course — it’s a great movie.”Because of the chatter over the film, out March 21, Disney has reportedly opted for a low-key premiere instead of the usual media-packed red carpet.The event on March 15 will now be limited to photographers and an in-house crew, according to Variety.The project caused quite a stir from the start, as it was leaked that Disney was getting rid of the dwarf characters.The film giant responded by stating they were taking a “different approach” to “avoid reinforcing stereotypes” from the 1937 film.Fans shared their grievances online, calling the company too “politically correct” and “woke,” along with sharing their issue that Zegler, 23, a Latina actress, was cast as the lead.“Game of Thrones” actor Peter Dinklage, who has dwarfism, also voiced his concerns. “Literally no offense to anyone, but I was a little taken aback [when] they were very proud to cast a Latina actress as Snow White, but you’re still telling the story of ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,’” the actor, 55, said on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast in 2022.“You’re progressive in one way but then you’re still making that f–king backward story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together,” Dinklage continued.

“What the f–k are you doing, man? Have I done nothing to advance the cause from my soapbox? I guess I’m not loud enough.”Disney later decided to replace the fairy tale’s seven dwarfs with CGI.Zegler, who plays Snow White, also called out 1930s animator David Hand’s work, labeling it “extremely dated.”In a clip from the Disney D23 Expo in 2022...