These Snow White Secrets Are the Fairest of Them All

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s off to the movies we go. 

Because some four years after the initial conceit was discussed, the live-action adaption of Disney’s 1937 cartoon Snow White is hitting the mines theaters March 21. 

And much like the OG animated classic, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, there have been a few controversies to bite into. 

When West Side Story actress Rachel Zegler was announced as the titular princess back in 2021, fans voiced their displeasure that a character once described as having “skin white as snow, lips red as blood, and hair black as ebony,” would be played by someone of Colombian descent. 

That was a non-issue to the Golden Globe winner who noted to Variety last October that the name “fell back to another version of Snow White that was told in history, where she survived a snowstorm that occurred when she was a baby, and so the king and queen decided to name her Snow White to remind her of her resilience.”

As such, one of the core messages of the updated retelling, she said, “is remembering how strong you actually are.”