Rachel Zegler attends scaled-back Snow White event in wake of films PR disaster without Gal Gadot

This is no fairy tale.Disney hosted a scaled back promotional event for the live-action “Snow White” film in Segovia, Spain, on Wednesday, instead of throwing a major red carpet premiere for the controversial movie.Lead star Rachel Zegler and director Marc Webb attended the event, held at a remote medieval castle called Alcázar of Segovia, which was the inspiration for the castle in the original 1937 “Snow White” film.Disney said that press, content creators, children and their families from Spanish CSR Organizations, and families from Segovia were also at the event.Gal Gadot, who plays the Evil Queen, was not in attendance.The Post has reached out to Gadot’s rep for comment.In front of the castle, Zegler, 23, performed “Waiting on a Wish,” the first single from the film’s original soundtrack.The actress channeled her Disney character by wearing a white sleeveless dress with a floral print and a flowing train.Due to multiple controversies, Disney has opted not to have over-the-top premieres to promote the fantasy film, out March 21.Variety reported this week that the March 15 premiere at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles will be a quiet, laid-back pre-party and screening limited to photographers and an in-house crew.Zegler and Galdot, 39, are both expected to be at the event, but they won’t be answering questions from dozens of media outlets.Webb’s “Snow White” movie has been facing yearslong scrutiny.It all started with Disney’s decision to replace the fairy tale’s seven dwarfs with CGI to “avoid reinforcing stereotypes” from the 1937 film.Critics accused the company of being too “politically correct” and “woke.” They also were upset that Zegler, a Latina actress, was cast as the lead.“Game of Thrones” actor Peter Dinklage, who has dwarfism, had his own critiques for Disney.“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...

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