Snow White slammed by Little Women: LA guest star over use of CGI dwarves: We were shut out

The “Snow White” backlash continues.Actress and “Little Women: LA” guest star Ali Chapman called out Disney for replacing the seven dwarves with CGI in the new live-action film.“It’s a movie that’s supposed to have real dwarves.Instead, Disney chose to use CGI to replace actors and actresses that are little people that are very talented,” Chapman told TMZ on Wednesday.“Disney had the great opportunity to cast very talented actors like ourselves,” she added, referring to herself and her husband, Matt McCarthy, who also has dwarfism.
“They missed the boat.”McCarthy weighed in on the topic as well and similarly slammed Disney.“All the little people out there that are freaking actors and actresses that love to have parts in this kind of movie, and everyone’s trying to get their dreams come true, and it just seems like we’re getting our dreams shut out by Disney and Hollywood,” he said.Chapman added, “That’s seven roles right there.Seven little people that could’ve filled those roles, and unfortunately we were shut out of that opportunity.”The “Freakshow” actress urged Hollywood producers to make better decisions than Disney did with the seven dwarves.“Let’s not go in the direction of CGI,” she said.
“Let’s cast people that deserve to be in those roles, especially when it’s for little people.That was made for us.”The “Snow White” movie starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot, out March 21, has been under scrutiny ever since Disney decided to reimagine the seven dwarfs as “magical creatures” of all sizes and genders.The dwarves in the film are CGI, not real actors, with Jeremy Swift, Martin Klebba, George Salazar, Andy Grotelueschen, Tituss Burgess Jason Kravits and Andrew Barth Feldman as the voices.Klebba, 55, exclusively told The Post this week that he’s “disappointed” the film’s upcoming Los Angeles premiere has been scaled back by Disney due to multiple controversies.“I’m not disappointed ...