UmbrellaFish wrote:
Zegler had a prolific YouTube presence even before she was cast in West Side Story. There are many videos online of her singing, and yes, she is very talented.
Okay then. I just thought if the woman's an unknown, it comes across pretty phony to claim anything about her at all. But her being a talented singer doesn't erase the fact that she doesn't look like the character she's playing; it reminds me a great deal of Halle Bailey playing a red-haired girl in The Little Mermaid.

As for the Queen's actor...

Perhaps they'll continue to imitate the TLM Live-action and cast a woman who looks like what the protagonist should be as the villain a la White, red-haired McCarthy as Ursula since White people are the enemy now.
farerb wrote:The music is by Pasek and Paul?! Ugh another reason not to get excited...
So you finally understand how those in the Encanto thread feel?

Or are we only allowed to not like the songwriter / composers here when they're White?