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Reality Stars Gather for Secret Snow White Screening Amid Controversial Backlash!

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The scaled-back promotional trail for Disney’s Snow White remake continued on Sunday, with a handful of British reality stars and influencers in attendance for a low-key screening in London.

Instead of hosting an extravagant UK premiere at Leicester Square, only a limited group was instead invited to attend the event at the Odeon cinema located in the nation’s capital city.

At the event, we had popular singer Michelle Heaton, JLS member JB Gill, and television personality Imogen Thomas in attendance.

It wasn’t unexpected that certain attendees arrived with their kids in tow, as they all took advantage of getting a sneak peek at the movie; Imogen was accompanied by her daughters, Siera (age 12) and Ariana (age 10).

In response to several controversies and public relations disasters surrounding their Snow White remake, Disney has decided to downsize their extravagant premiere events to only a few carefully managed press gatherings instead.

The film has previously been branded woke over fears it has prioritised its messaging over authentic storytelling.

A large scale premiere had been expected to take place at Leicester Square in London, but an insider informed DailyMail.com earlier this month that a decision was made to not hold one for the upcoming movie.

‘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,’ the source stated.

‘That is why they have taken the highly unusual step not to host a London premiere for the film and are minimizing the amount of press questions that Rachel Zegler gets.’

On Saturday, stars Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot attended the film’s US premiere, but it was a significantly smaller affair than would be expected for a Disney fantasy with a budget of $270 million.

Shining a light on bosses’ attempts to limit the difficult questions star Rachel Zegler could face about the film, a select number of photographers, far smaller than the number expected for a Disney premiere, were invited. 

Noting the number of children that made up the guest list, the screening, held at LA’s El Capitan Theatre, took place at 3:30pm after a pre-party celebration that lasted just 90 minutes, according to Variety.

Earlier this week, bosses also raised eyebrows by holding a ‘secret’ screening in Spain where global press were shut out.

Instead of mainstream media outlets typically being present, influential Spaniards from the small town of Segovia (population 51,000) and local families were instead invited as special guests to attend the event.

When asked by TMZ over the weekend about her feelings now that Snow White is finally set to debut in cinemas, she replied, ‘I’m thrilled and grateful,’ without addressing the controversy surrounding the movie.

It’s been whispered that there’s a hidden disagreement between Rachel and Gal regarding differing perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.

A source revealed to People magazine that the two celebrities share no common ground and further stated that their political beliefs clash, intensifying any existing tension between them.

The decision by Disney was made after receiving backlash and concerns that the remake seemed to emphasize modern social messages instead of focusing on a genuine narrative.

Notably, the remake has dumped the traditional romance plot because of ‘sexism’ and reimagined the Seven Dwarfs as a diverse group of ‘magical creatures’.

Zegler herself has also criticized David Hand’s 1937 original animated film as ‘extremely dated when it comes to the ideas of women being in roles of power and what a woman’s fit for in the world’.

‘The original cartoon came out in 1937, and very evidently so,’ she told Extra TV in 2022. 

‘There’s a big focus on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her. Weird. So we didn’t do that this time.

In our film, although the male lead may cause some to presume it’s a romantic tale, we actually employ an unconventional narrative strategy.

‘All of Andrew’s scenes could get cut, who knows? It’s Hollywood, baby!’ she joked.

Regarding the 1937 movie, she stated: ‘I found the initial release quite terrifying. I only watched it once, and I haven’t gone back to it since. I’m completely sincere about this.’

Zegler also told Variety that her version of Snow White would be dreaming about becoming a ‘fearless leader’ rather than ‘dreaming about true love’.

Sources previously revealed to DailyMail.com that Zegler’s reputation as a ‘loose cannon’ nearly got her axed from playing Snow White.

Zegler’s strong opinions have prompted some haters to vow to boycott the film.

Regarding criticisms about her being cast as Snow White on social media, Zegler asserted that she can’t understand why some older Disney fans might object to a Latina actress playing the cherished character.

Zegler proceeded to reveal that the line describing her character’s ‘skin as white as snow’ will reference ‘another version of Snow White that was told in history,’ in which the character ‘survived a snowstorm that occurred when she was a baby’.

‘The king and queen decided to name her Snow White to remind her of her resilience,’ she noted. ‘One of the core points in our film for any young woman or young person is remembering how strong you actually are.’  

The star also admitted that it was ‘sad’ to see so many people rip her apart for teasing that her version of Snow White would not not be saved by a prince.

Disney also sparked backlash after they announced that ‘magical creatures’ would replace the seven dwarves to ‘avoid reinforcing stereotypes’ after Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage criticized the ‘f****** backwards story’ last year.

Dinklage’s concerns were shared by some charities, including the Restricted Growth Association in the UK.

The story has also been criticised as being ableist for portraying the dwarfs with lesser intelligence and Snow White seeing them as children.

Disney later said it’s ‘taking a different approach’ with Snow White’s seven companions.

In December last year, sources close to the production said Snow White’s seven ‘dwarfs’ were not going to be fully computer generated, and wouldn’t be dwarfs at all. Instead, she would be befriended by magical, forest-dwelling creatures.

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2025-03-16 15:22

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