Entertainment Journalist: Snow White casting sparks backlash

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Disney fans are divided over Rachel Zegler’s casting as Snow White, with some criticizing the choice due to her Colombian-Polish heritage, entertainment journalist Stephanie Takyi says.  #SnowWhite #RachelZegler

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00:00And the casting of Zegler as Snow White has also caused some racist backlash for the star

00:07herself. How has she reacted to this?

00:10Well, she was quite fierce about this because, you know, we know the tagline Snow White is

00:15supposed to be the fairest of them all. And what Disney has done is they've casted a woman

00:20who is of Colombian and Polish descent. So your diehard Disney fans were not happy about

00:25that. But, you know, kudos to Rachel. She stood her ground and said this is not going

00:30to be the Snow White of 1937. This is not a woman who's waiting to be staved by a prince.

00:36She's going to be quite modern day. And from what I've read so far, she's actually done

00:40a pretty good performance and she's stood her ground amid all of this controversy.

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