Snow White (Live-Action)

[Sotiris]

"Someday I'll be able to rule a kingdom with confidence and courage" just doesn't have the same ring to it. I wonder if this means they'll change the lyrics or cut the song entirely.

[Thumper_93]

Ziegler cut her hair short, so presumably SW will have her signature hairdo

This was noted at the bottom of the previous page. But no harm. I wish we had a historically accurate and prettier style of hair for Snow, but oh well.

Snow White hairstyle is one of her most iconic things. She's the only princess that always has short hair so I'm pretty sure that They want to keep it in the character design.

[Disney Duster]

Snow White hairstyle is one of her most iconic things. She's the only princess that always has short hair so I'm pretty sure that They want to keep it in the character design.

Yes, Snow White's terrible and inaccurate hairstyle is the most iconic thing about her, but I still wish they would change it. They changed Aurora's look, Cinderella's look, Ariel's look, why not Snow's?

[robster16]

I reaaaaally do not get the desire for historical accuracy. It's a fairytale film. Of course they can reference a time period, but for god's sake, please let them take liberties, otherwise the story's being told wouldn't make sense or wouldn't be told the way they are. Because if we want historical accuracy, do we only want it in terms of aesthetics or also content and storywise?! As long as Snow White isn't strolling through the forrest with AirPods in her ears, I'm good!

[Thumper_93]

Snow White hairstyle is one of her most iconic things. She's the only princess that always has short hair so I'm pretty sure that They want to keep it in the character design.

Yes, Snow White's terrible and inaccurate hairstyle is the most iconic thing about her, but I still wish they would change it. They changed Aurora's look, Cinderella's look, Ariel's look, why not Snow's?

Cinderella's live action was not accurate to any period time. They mixed styles from different eras and it looked amazing.

[Disney's Divinity]

Well, I mean, they already kind of changed SW's look to some degree since she isn't snow white in this version, despite that being the reason she was named Snow White. Changing her hair or not is like arguing over the drapes at this point when they've already done that as well as cut the Dwarfs.

I was thinking sometime last week about how the remakes to me were supposed to be something along the lines of those Anne Leibovitz portraits of Disney characters years back when they picked somebody in real life who looked almost exactly like the character we know for a "live-action version" of the character. And that was part of the fun of the remakes, to talk online about what actor out there looked the most like the cast, who they should cast, etc. etc. Amanda Seyfried in her day would've been a perfect Rapunzel, Anne Hathaway for Belle, etc. I believe they picked Jennifer Hudson for the Tiana portrait, which was funny because she had actually vied for the role of Tiana in the original film.

Instead, the new remakes seem to be picking people who look nothing like the original characters at all. They've sucked out any fun or meaning behind the live-action remakes. Why call it a "remake" if you're not remaking the characters as they were? What's even the point of that? It'd be like if you went to see a movie-based Broadway version of a film and the protagonist looked nothing like the character from the movie and half the cast of characters no longer exists.... Who in the world would be interested in that nonsense?

[Sotiris]

I feel the same way too. Part of the fun with these movies is seeing the animated characters "come to life". Even before this remake craze, people were creating fan-edits and doing fan castings based on which celebrities looked like the animated characters the most. It's part of the appeal and the gimmickry of it. That's why they've been so successful.

[Disney Duster]

I reaaaaally do not get the desire for historical accuracy. It's a fairytale film. Of course they can reference a time period, but for god's sake, please let them take liberties, otherwise the story's being told wouldn't make sense or wouldn't be told the way they are. Because if we want historical accuracy, do we only want it in terms of aesthetics or also content and storywise?! As long as Snow White isn't strolling through the forrest with AirPods in her ears, I'm good!

You know, you can do fairy tales a number of ways. Completely fantasy worlds or historical places with some fantasy elements. I prefer the latter. A story of a magic mirror and little people certainly still can be told in a medieval Gerrman kingdom like in the original. You can mix real and fantasy! The stories still make sense!

Cinderella's live action was not accurate to any period time. They mixed styles from different eras and it looked amazing.

Thank you for saying it looked amazing since I agree and it's my favorite live-action film. But Rachel Zegler's short hair already doesn't look good, least of all amazing. Also, I read in the official Disney book on the film they all agreed to place the live-action version in the mid 19th century. Yes, they put in a lot of historically inaccurate things, but they placed it "once upon a time" in the mid 19th century.

[Farerb]

The current production schedule for Snow White won’t be affected despite a studio fire since Rachel Zegler is presenting at the Oscars tomorrow night and Gal Gadot is filming Heart Of Stone with Netflix.

In addition, The production team has gifted Rachel Zegler a care package ahead of the Oscars:

[Disney's Divinity]

But Rachel Zegler's short hair already doesn't look good, least of all amazing.

I agree. But it may be a case that she cut her hair shorter so it can start to grow out and they can sort of groom it to look right possibly? I doubt her current look is what she'll look like in the film.

I feel the same way too. Part of the fun with these movies is seeing the animated characters "come to life". Even before this remake craze, people were creating fan-edits and doing fan castings based on which celebrities looked like the animated characters the most. It's part of the appeal and the gimmickry of it. That's why they've been so successful.

I was especially happy when Emma Watson and Angelina Jolie were picked for their respective roles, because they were people I'd talked about for those roles before the casting myself. <3 Maybe it can happen again if JHUD ends up playing Calliope in Hercules--God-willing!!! *crosses fingers and prays*

[Farerb]

Rachel Zegler talks about filming Snow White:
https://youtu.be/dzs1EMov5M4

[Disney Duster]

But it may be a case that she cut her hair shorter so it can start to grow out and they can sort of groom it to look right possibly? I doubt her current look is what she'll look like in the film.

You may be right. I hope so.

[D82]

In the interview Farerb posted, Rachel Zegler says Gal Gadot was already in London filming her scenes. She was too but was allowed to go to the Oscars, so it seems the shooting has already started. I don't think there'll be time for the hair to grow out. She also confirmed the haircut is for Snow White, though that was quite obvious already. I think that since they're diverging from the original so much in some areas they'll want to be quite faithful in others to compensate, like Snow White's short hair. Also, as has been said, it's quite an iconic part of the character's design.

[Disney Duster]

That's all very true, D82.

[Redadoodles]

Honestly, all of these news are beyond depressing.
Some films should be left alone. To me, Disney’s Snow White is like Gone With The Wind, a masterpiece that is almost a miracle in terms of filmmaking. Both films are still gorgeous and relevant to this day and both films are miracles when it comes to the production and all the elements coming together.

Hollywood’s hypocrisy with this remake is one of the reasons why I stopped posting on here and other sites that I love.
It is crystal clear that there will always be someone to be offended.
I mean, the fact that the seven dwarves are now offensive to some is just beyond absurd to me. Those characters stole the hearts of millions across the world for decades and are the reason that some kids (including myself) never saw little people as freaks but as human beings with emotions and proper lives.
Even my brother, who is not an animation fan at all ended up watching the film randomly around Christmas time because the dwarves came across as lovely and hugely likeable.
The hypocrisy is even more distressing when you know that actual actors from that community complained when Universal decided to cast regular actors for their version and are now complaining about Disney remaking it at all.
Moreover, when Red Shoes And The Seven Dwarves was announced, no one seemed to mind the dwarves appearing (and being green!) as people were just too busy focusing on the tagline of the film.
All of this just proves that people are more obsessed about bringing projects down (especially Disney ones) more than caring about the actual content of the film and then people wonder why Disney are getting lazy and are just producing remakes and sequels these days.

[Disney's Divinity]

I don't think Snow White is as good as GWtW (that's one of my favorite films), but I understand why others feel that way.

I feel like cutting the Dwarfs is honestly the dumbest thing Disney has done so far in regards to the remakes aside from, say, giving Mulan superpowers.

[Vlad]

Honestly, all of these news are beyond depressing.
Some films should be left alone. To me, Disney’s Snow White is like Gone With The Wind, a masterpiece that is almost a miracle in terms of filmmaking. Both films are still gorgeous and relevant to this day and both films are miracles when it comes to the production and all the elements coming together.

I have the same opinion.

[D82]

Rachel Zegler talked about the film on the Grammys red carpet:

It's going really, really well. We're having so much fun on set, it's so magical. And everyday I'm just pinching myself that I'm a frickin' Disney princess, it's so stupid [laughs].

Source: https://screenrant.com/snow-white-movie ... el-zegler/

What is it like to now be able to be out and talking about Snow White and in the middle of production? What has been the highlight of diving into that world?
The dress. Sandy Powell designed a beautiful dress. She really is the Queen. And I have to say Gal Gadot's costumes... That's all I'm going to say; that's all I CAN say.

Is it hard to like...? I mean, she's such a nice person.
She is so kind. Honestly, as a set presence, really nice person to work with. And then she just turns it on and you're like, "wait, I'm a little scared of you." But then, in between takes, she'll like squeeze your cheeks and be like "oh, geez, you're so cute."

I know you probably can't tell us very much about what this Snow White is going to be, but if you can describe how it is different or what's going to make it stand out, what would you say?
Princesses can be the heroes of their own stories.

Source: https://youtu.be/2PW9MK4g6x0?t=131

"It's an iconic cartoon, it's 85 years old, and Marc Webb, our director, is so dedicated to making a hero princess for his daughter," Zegler told the Associated Press. "I really love that sentiment and I hope it get echoed for all eternity when we make live-action versions of these Disney cartoons, where women are seen as a little bit less than the male characters. I think it's possible to be both a princess and a hero, and I like to be both."

Source: https://comicbook.com/movies/news/snow- ... ey-remake/

[Disney Duster]

The princes have always been a lot less than the princesses even as far back as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. I guess people felt the Dwarfs did the most?

[Disney's Divinity]

Someone should break it to her that until she gets around to playing an original animated princess character, she's not really a Disney princess... Adriana Caselotti's Snow White is the character in the Disney Princess line, Rachel Zegler's Snow White never will be (and thank God). I get what she's saying, but you know what I mean. At least I can agree with her about making the older princesses less passive. I don't think she needs to be a warrior or anything to accomplish that though.