Super-woke Snow White star Rachel Zegler is “out of control” and Disney “doesn’t know what to do with her” ahead of the $270 million movie’s release, an insider has revealed. The Mail has the story.
A source told Page Six the company “doesn’t know what to do” with Zegler, 23, because of her repeated insistence on airing her progressive views.
While Zegler was put front-and-centre of the film’s European ‘premiere’, the leading lady wasn’t given the chance to speak to any global press – because they weren’t invited to the secret event.
She jetted off to a remote castle in Segrovia, north-west of Madrid, to perform for around 100 select ‘VIPs’ which included influencers and families, though the event raised eyebrows as she was the only star in attendance, with not even Gal Gadot present.
Disney are reportedly treading carefully with Zegler after she has made a series of bold comments panning the original 1937 classic for its “sexist” traditional romance plot and “dated” love story.
“Disney’s lead actress is out of control,” a source told Page Six. “They don’t know what to do.
“She’s an outspoken 20-something and Disney chiefs have called her directly and asked her to tone down her posts. They’ve called her management, but she won’t listen.
“It’s been this way the entire way through filming. But it’s the tying of her politics to Snow White that is upsetting.”
At Wednesday’s European event was carefully not referred to as a premiere after Disney scaled back the glitzy global premieres in favour of ‘tightly controlled’ press events following the scandals and PR nightmares surrounding the film.
Rather than the usual list of major news outlets flocking to the scene, local Spanish influencers and families from the small city of Segovia, which boasts a population of just 51,000, were among the chosen ‘VIPs’ in attendance.
Zegler was not given the chance to speak to global media as, according to Disney, unnamed ‘press’ and ‘content influencers’ were in attendance – with the global media thousands of miles away after the leading lady’s recent divisive interviews.
Her co-star Gadot, who plays the Evil Queen with Disney coming under the spotlight, was also absent with only director Marc Webb accompanying Zegler to the event as she bizarrely led the press-absent event solo.
The scaled-back European event came in place of glitzy London and LA premieres that had been expected for the high-budget release, with the London leg now having been completely canned.
Earlier this month, an insider told the Mail: “Disney are already anticipating an anti-woke backlash against Snow White and have reduced the media schedule to just a handful of tightly controlled Press events.
“That is why they have taken the highly unusual step not to host a London premiere for the film and are minimising the amount of Press questions that Rachel Zegler gets.”
Later this week, the cast will return to the States, with Zegler and Gadot expected attend a pre-party and screening at Los Angeles’s El Capitan Theatre on March 15th, where “coverage will be limited to photographers and a house crew”.
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