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- Peter Dinklage called out Disney for its upcoming live-action remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- The Game of Thrones actor ripped the adaptation for still using outdated and insensitive stereotypes.
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Peter Dinklage is feeling rather grumpy about Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. And it’s hard to blame him.
While Disney has cast Latina West Side Story star Rachel Zegler as Snow White, it appears the story will still use the original story of the seven dwarfs.
“There’s a lot of hypocrisy going on,” Dinklage said on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast. “Literally no offense to anyone, but I was a little taken aback when they were very proud to cast a Latina actress as Snow White, but you’re still telling the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Take a step back and look at what you’re doing there. It makes no sense to me.”
Peter Dinklage continued, “You’re progressive in one way but then you’re still making that f—ing backwards story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together, what the f–k are you doing man? Have I done nothing to advance the cause from my soap box? I guess I’m not loud enough. I don’t know which studio that is, but they were so proud of it.
“All love and respect to the actress and all the people who thought they were doing the right thing. But I’m just like, what are you doing?”
Disney’s live action Snow White remake will be directed by Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer, The Amazing Spider-Man) and also stars Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen.
The Cyrano star clarified that he doesn’t have a problem with remaking the story of Snow White, but to still use the old story of the dwarfs living in a cave is something he doesn’t understand.
“If you tell the story of Snow White with the most f—ed up, cool, or progressive spin on it? Let’s do it. All in,” he said.