The fallout from the epic flop that is Disney's live-action 'Snow White' continues. Not only did we learn that star Gal Gadot needed extra security in the wake of death threats, it was also revealed that Disney hired a 'social media guru' to make sure lead actress Rachel Zegler didn't post offensive stuff to social media (too little, too late on that).
Now that the film has officially flopped -- BoxOfficeMojo reports its opening weekend was only $42 million domestically, against a budget of $270 million (and that's probably a low-ball figure) -- there's plenty of blame to go around.
But Zegler is the target of most of it, including from the son of one of the film's producers:
NEW: The son of 'Snow White' producer Marc Platt absolutely unleashes on Rachel Zegler for ruining his father's movie.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 26, 2025
Jonah Platt is ripping the 23-year-old actress for getting political and ruining Snow White.
The comment from Platt was found on Instagram after one user asked… pic.twitter.com/1k1xnnw2af
The entire post reads:
The comment from Platt was found on Instagram after one user asked why his dad flew to New York City to talk to Zegler about tanking the movie.
Platt specifically blamed Zegler and her narcissism for the film's flop.
'Tens of thousands of people worked on that film and she hijacked the conversation for her own immature desires at the risk of all the colleagues and crew and blue-collar workers who depend on that movie to be successful.'
'Narcissism is not something to be coddled or encouraged.'
This writer doesn't think Zegler is entirely to blame, but she's definitely the highest profile face of the film and went out of her way to insult the original animated classic, Trump voters, and even co-start Gal Gadot. Disney, for their part, greenlit a film with a terrible plot, allowed Peter Dinklage to override casting choices, and did multiple reshoots to correct the production mistakes.
They would've been better off putting it directly to streaming.
Poor Disney didn’t know that they were hiring a commie 😂
— The Gas Stove 👾 (@TheGasStovee) March 26, 2025
The producer’s son has a point. Rachel dragged her politics into the movie promotions, thus, exacerbating the negative PR.
Just read this, Collin. You’ll see where I’m getting at. pic.twitter.com/Zt9OBBGWCQ
Disney knew.
"People will wait in line to see me" pic.twitter.com/UeNL8kgj63
— Western Decline (@WesternDecline_) March 26, 2025
Suuuuuurrrrreeee they are, Rachel.
It aint JUST her, guys. People don't want their beloved stories tweaked so much they are unrecognizable. Narcissism aside, heavy Marxist themes... changing the characters backstory completely, removing the man saving the girl & iconic images like a glass coffin...was like taking…
— Adrianne Curry (@AdrianneCurry) March 27, 2025
This is certainly part of it.
But the damage Zegler did should not be overlooked or diminished.
— JonCover (@JonCovering) March 27, 2025
The perfect meme doesn't ex--
What is this?🥴 pic.twitter.com/AEbEuMITLt
— De Vuze (@realxcrypto) March 27, 2025
This writer has seen the still shot going around and she had no idea what the context was.
Holy cow, that's laughably bad.
Rachel Ziegler is a vapid, arrogant @$*#, but the responsibility for that absolute s**t show of a movie lies squarely are the feet of Bob Iger.
— Texas Courtney (@AlaskanCourtney) March 27, 2025
Absolutely disgusting that they’re trying to dump this all off on a 23 year-old, no matter how repugnant her personality may be. https://t.co/nPgczc1C1h
That's what Disney does best.
Can we give Jonah an Oscar for this comment https://t.co/6jx20LZcIY
— Jessica O’Donnell 🏈 (@heckyessica) March 27, 2025
He'd deserve it.
Tbf, while Zegler acted like a pos, most of the movie criticism I've heard had to do with decisions made by the people in charge - casting fails, plot, CGI-ing the dwarves, etc.
— I. Noah Guy (@Decentguyusedto) March 27, 2025
Zegler made the mistake of setting herself up to be scapegoated. Tho it's FAFO so I don't mind. https://t.co/RUcKHaQGIB
If she had kept her opinions to herself, Disney wouldn't have the cannon fodder to pin the flop on her.
But she didn't.
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