Rachel Zegler reveals the one star who was ‘so deeply variety’ to her throughout all that ‘Snow White’ drama – We Bought This Coated

Snow White star Rachel Zegler has revealed the guy actresses who reached out to her amid all of the controversy surrounding the upcoming Disney live-action remake. 

For these unaware, Zegler turned the topic of intense racist backlash again in 2021, when she was named within the function of the titular princess. Scores of trolls deemed the actress, who’s Latina, unworthy to play the character, since Snow White is described as having “pores and skin as white as Snow” within the authentic fairytale. Whereas it was removed from the one controversy to plague the Disney adaptation (extra on that later), Zegler has since revealed that Ariana Grande was “so deeply variety” when reaching out to her forward of the movie’s launch. 

Rachel Zegler says Ariana Grande reached out to her providing help.

“[She] was like, ‘If you happen to want something, I’m right here.’ She’s so deeply variety. She’s gone by way of a lot within the public eye and I’ve at all times admired her braveness within the face of all of that.”

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“[Grande] reached out to me… and was like, ‘If you happen to want something, I’m right here,’” Zegler mentioned in a latest interview with Attract journal, including that the pop star/actress “is so deeply variety.” Zegler went on to share the similarities between herself and Grande as younger ladies within the highlight, saying Grande “has gone by way of a lot within the public eye, and I’ve at all times actually, actually admired her braveness within the face of all of that.” If anybody is aware of of the hardships that include perpetual scrutiny, it’s Grande, however Zegler mentioned she obtained help from others in Hollywood, too. 

For her half, it was The Good Place star Jameela Jamil (additionally no stranger to controversy) who was “like a sister” to Zegler amid all that racist backlash, whereas Helen Mirrin and Lucy Liu, who co-starred reverse Zegler in Shazam! Fury of the Gods, “have been my keepers in all of this, the place I really feel very held by them.” Whereas it’s good to have that help, Zegler has showcased her capability to have her personal again, too. Amid the peak of the racist public commentary round her casting, Zegler took to social media with a stern message to the haters in a since-deleted put up. 

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“Sure I’m Snow White [and] no I’m not bleaching my pores and skin for the function,” she wrote on the time. Get ‘em, Rach! On high of the legions of trolls who have been nitpicking a few fairytale that was fairly actually written a whole bunch of years in the past, Snow White has additionally endured controversy from different angles. For starters, there was the backlash towards Gal Gadot, who stars because the Evil Queen, following her vocal help of Israel amid the continuing Israel-Palestine battle. Then got here the unfavourable response to information that Disney had not forged little folks within the roles of the seven dwarfs, and had as an alternative opted for CGI variations of the characters. 

All of that with out even mentioning the (pointless) enter from Piers Morgan, or followers’ normal disappointment with the look and elegance of the movie after the discharge of the trailer. All of the hullabaloo bought so intense, in reality, that it was reported final week that Disney had scaled-down the movie’s premiere to reduce any additional unfavourable press. It stays to be seen whether or not all of the behind-the-scenes drama will utterly engulf the movie, with Snow White set to hit cinemas on March 21, 2025.