Jonah Platt, son of the producer of Snow WhiteMarc Platt, questioned the protagonist, Rachel Zegler, so she described as an “immature” attitude in social networks. According to Platt, Zegler’s statements would have had a negative impact on the tape.
Zegler, 23, who gives life to the princess in this new version of Snow Whiteexpressed its support for the Palestinian people in August 2023, by sharing the first official trailer of the film in X (formerly Twitter). He thanked his followers for the support and, in a later publication, wrote: “And never forget it: free Palestine.”
The publication, which obtained more than eight million visualizations, made Disney executives immediate Variety.
Apparently, Zegler’s co -star, Gal Gadot, who is Israeli, began receiving death threats after publication and Disney had to hire more security for the actress and her family.
Gal Gadot has been a public defender of Israel for years. In his twenty -half, he served in the Israel defense forces as a physical conditioning instructor for combat. His period in the army coincided with the war between Israel and Lebanon in 2006.
After the attacks of October 7, 2023, Gal Gadot shared a message on Instagram in support of Israel: “Support to Israel and I think you should also do it. We cannot stay from crossed arms while these acts of so brutal terror occur.”
Some time later, in an interview with Variety, He deepened in his position: “I had to raise my voice. I couldn’t get quiet. I was impacted to see so much hatred. There are many people who think they know everything, when you really have no idea.”
Jonah Platt, 38, known for his roles in Disabled the Netflix, Being the Ricardos from Amazon Studios and for conducting the podcast Being Jewishhe left in defense of his father in a response (which was later eliminated) to a comment on Instagram that accused Marc Platt of having rebuked the young actress.
“Did your dad travel to New York to rebuke a young actress? Do you have anything to say about it? Because that is superurb and unnecessary. People have the right to express themselves, right? What shame your father,” wrote a user in a publication that promoted Jonah’s podcast.
In response, Jonah Platt published an extensive message in which he criticized Rachel Zegler for, in his words, “mixing his personal political positions with the promotion of a film for which he signed a contract of several million dollars, which included him to pay him and promote it.”
“Do you really want to talk about this?” Jonah Platt wrote. “Yes, my dad, producer of a huge intellectual property of Disney with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, had to leave his family and fly to the other side of the country to rebuke a 20 -year -old employee for mixing his personal political positions in full campaign to promote a film for which he signed a contract of several million dollars, which included him to pay him and promote it.”
“That is called responsibility and paying as an adult. And it is clear that their actions affected the box office of the film. Freedom of expression does not mean that you can say what you want within a private work without facing consequences.”
“Tens of thousands of people worked in that film, and she took over the entire conversation of immature whims, putting her colleagues at risk, to the technical team and all the workers who depend on the success of that production,” Platt continued. “Narcissism is not something that should be celebrated or encouraged.”
The Independent He contacted Rachel Zegler, Marc and Jonah Platt, as well as Disney, to request comments.
After the announcement of the results of the presidential elections in the United States, Zegler published on social networks phrases such as: “To the M ***** Donald Trump” and “that Trump’s followers never know what peace is.”
According to reports, Marc Platt spoke with her at that time and warned her that these types of messages could be interpreted as a sign that the next Disney film was not aimed at a part of the US audience.
After that conversation, Zegler agreed Variety.
In social networks, many users left in defense of Rachel Zegler.
“Boys, be kind to him. His dad just returned home after a brief trip to New York. Sure is a very emotional moment for the family,” said someone with sarcasm in an Instagram post of Jonah Platt.
“Rachel Zegler made one of Hollywood’s most powerful producers traveling alone to ask him to erase a tweet in support of Palestine and refused. More character and integrity at 23 years than 99 % of the powerful in this country. A queen,” another person wrote in X.
The adaptation of Snow White He did not have the expected collection during his premiere weekend, since he only earned $ 43 million compared to an estimated production cost of $ 270 million.
The long production process of the film has been plagued by controversies, many outside of Zegler’s publications on his social networks.
The film had already caused the fury of right -wing commentators since Rachel Zegler’s choice was announced as the protagonist. According to them, a Latin actress should not play a character described as “skin as white as snow.”
Zegler, on the other hand, threw more firewood in the fire in stating that the story should be updated because, in the original version, the blue prince “literally harasses her.”
“We are not in 1937,” said Rachel Zegler. “It will not be saved by the prince or dream of finding true love, but becoming the leader who knows it can be.”
Despite the intention of modernizing the classic, Snow White He premiered with mostly negative criticism. Clarisse Loughrey, criticism of The Independenthe gave him a star and wrote: “Zegler deserves something better than this lazy and visually repulsive version of Snow White”.
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