New Snow White Rachel Zegler Slams Original Movie For Being 'Creepy And Stalker-ish'

Rachel Zegler, who is 22 years old, has criticized the original Snow White story, saying that it seems "creepy and stalker-ish" due to certain issues with its plot.

The soon-to-be-released musical fantasy movie from the United States is directed by Marc Webb, featuring a screenplay by Greta Gerwig of Barbie fame and Erin Cressida Wilson.

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During a conversation with Extra TV, the lead actress of West Side Story shared that she didn't particularly enjoy the classic Disney princess in the original story.

Likewise, she also expressed her reservations about the prince character, who is going to be portrayed by actor Andrew Burnap, going so far as to label him a 'stalker'.

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"The original cartoon came out in 1937, and very evidently so. There's a big focus on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her. Weird! Weird! So we didn't do that this time," Zegler said in the interview.

"We have a different approach to what I'm sure a lot of people will assume is a love story just because we cast a guy in the movie," Zegler went on.

"All of Andrew's scenes could get cut, who knows? It's Hollywood, baby!"

"I just mean that it's no longer 1937," she told the outlet. "She's not going to be saved by the prince and she's not going to be dreaming about true love."

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"She's dreaming about becoming the leader she knows she can be and the leader that her late father told her that she could be if she was fearless, fair, brave, and true."

While many individuals are undeniably enthusiastic about the newest adaptation, it's evident that Zegler's remarks have stirred up some discontent among Disney fans.

One took to Twitter reposting the interview with the caption: "Snow White IS a LOVE STORY but just like everything."

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"Disney makes now the NEW movie has gotta be WOKE - change as much of the original story as possible to influence upcoming generation of children!"

"Original STORY has worked for over 60yrs but won't now, please!"

It's not only on Twitter that there has been a quick response to Zegler's comments. A TikTok video, posted by user Angie with the username @cosywithangie, has gained substantial attention, amassing over 9.4 million views. In the video, Angie also shares her perspective on the issue.

Stitching a video with the Variety interview, Angie says: "It is not anti-feminist to want to fall in love, to want to get married, to want to stay at home, to be soft, to want to be a homemaker."

She continued: "None of these things makes you less valuable as a person or a woman. Criticising Disney princesses is not feminist. Not every woman is a leader. Not every woman wants to be a leader. Not every woman wants or craves power and that's ok."

"Thinking that a woman is any less valuable because she falls in love or because she accepts help from somebody instead of girl-bossing her way through her problems is not feminist."

Others, however, defended Zegler and her comments with another Twitter user writing: "The Rachel Zegler hate is genuinely some of the stupidest sh*t I've seen on this app."

"She made one comment about how snow white has ambitions of her own that has nothing to do with romance, and suddenly everyone decided that women being damsels in distress is feminist, actually."