Entertainment giant Disney is facing another barrage of massive hate after releasing the latest trailer for its live-action remake over Christmas. snow whiteas the film's star Rachel Zegler continues to be a lightning rod for controversy.
Disney has already been groaning at repeated waves of disgust over previous trailers it released to hype up audiences ahead of the film's March 2025 release. As reported by Breitbart News, the teaser trailer released in August received over 1.4 million downvotes on Youtube.
Potential viewers aren't the only ones criticizing video teasers. In November, a former Disney “Imagineer” declared the film “not worth watching” due to its terrible visual effects.
The Christmas Day teaser featured star Rachel Zegler singing a song titled “Waiting on a Wish.” But viewers didn't have to wait long to hit the downvote button, and in just a few days, the song had amassed around 25,000 dislikes (as of press time) and just 3,500 likes out of around 190,000 plays. !” gathered.
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The comments on the video are fading.
One viewer commented, “I just hope this movie gets buried and forgotten or erased completely,” while another said, “The more they promote this, the older generation will become obsessed with Disney as a whole.” “It will make people hate it,” he said, criticizing Disney.
Another warned Disney: “Good luck!” My kids won't see this. ”
But the overwhelming sentiment in the comments makes it clear that viewers want this version snow white It ends with the “evil” queen winning and Snow White losing. The characteristics of this movie are wonder woman Gal Gadot plays the Wicked Witch Queen, but many find Gal Gadot to be more beautiful inside and out, and much more attractive than Rachel Zegler on her best day.
For example, one person wrote, “This is how this move should have ended. The Queen and Prince lived happily ever after.”
Another Gadot supporter added: “I'm rooting for Gal Gadot to win.”
One commenter reflected on the video from a political perspective, writing, “Gal Gadot to Kamala's daughter.”
Still another cheerfully concluded: It's a victory for the gal! Double the apple dose. ”
Backlash against the film began in early 2023 when images were released of the film's concept of seven dwarf characters featuring a multiracial group of actors, but one of Only one was a dwarf.
The release of this photo caused confusion among the dwarf actor's supporters. game of thrones Star Peter Dinklage called the decision to avoid actors with dwarfism “totally retrograde.”
Initially, Disney tried to claim the photo was fake, but later admitted that the photo of the idea of a multiracial cast for The Seven Dwarfs was an original plan they abandoned due to backlash. .
But that uproar was nothing compared to the hatred that movie star Rachel Zegler stirred up. Zegler has made a series of outrageous statements slamming the original film as misogynistic, claiming the new film will be woke and feminist, and slamming Donald Trump voters as racists. He expressed his hatred for Zionists and support for the Hamas-led Palestinian people.
Not only did Ms. Zegler attack President-elect Donald Trump and his 76.8 million voters, she went a step further, writing in a series of angry post-election Instagram Story posts, “May you never know peace. ” and wished them harm. .
“In this situation, I find myself speechless. Four more years of hatred are tilting us toward a world we don't want to live in,” he began. , added, “May Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace.”
Zegler argued that those who voted for Trump are part of a “deep-seated disease in this country.” She added: “There's no help or advice for any of it.”
She later tried to apologize for her comments.
In another example of controversial behavior, Zegler incited fans in August by proclaiming “Liberate Palestine” on social media while promoting a new trailer for a big-budget movie.
All of this bodes ill for the Disney film, which reportedly already cost more than $400 million to make, thanks to equipment changes and reshoots to avoid controversy. That means the movie would need to gross more than $600 million to break even upon release, but that seems highly unlikely.
This film could mark the end of Zegler's career, especially after her film was released in December. Y2K The ticket office was bombed.
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