Disney's live-action versions of its own movies have always had very good results. For example, "The Jungle Book" has a box office of nearly 1 billion, and the live-action versions of "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin" and "The Lion King" have all exceeded 1 billion at the box office. Until Recently...the recent live-action movies "Mulan" and "The Little Mermaid" have not been satisfactory at the box office. Then the live-action version of "Snow White", which has been in turmoil since the casting, will be released in March this year. Recently, the official finally released the complete trailer. What do you think of the result? Let's take a look at the trailer first.
"Snow White" live-action movie trailer
Snow White performed by "Rachel Zengler"
Rachel Zegler, who has performed in "West Side Story" and "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes", was confirmed to play the role in the live-action version of "Snow White" because of her Latino ancestry and appearance. It is in line with the description of the original work and has caused dissatisfaction among netizens. Later, her comments and dark history were dug out one after another, which is another story...
The "Bad Queen" in "Snow White" is played by Gal Gadot of "Wonder Woman"
Why the Magic Mirror thinks Snow White is prettier than the Queen is a mystery that has been puzzling since the casting. We can only guess that the "beauty" required in the original work is inner beauty. Maybe the princess does win in this regard A queen who wants a hunter to dig out other people's hearts, or a queen who makes poison apples and gives them away
The controversy over the live-action version of "Snow White" is not limited to the ethnicity of the protagonist. Peter Dinklage, the most famous actor with dwarfism in "A Song of Ice and Fire: A Game of Thrones", criticized the live-action version of "Snow White": "Choose one A Latina actress came to play Snow White, and the story was still very backward, with seven dwarfs living in a cave." Although Disney later made up for it by saying that "the dwarfs are like supernatural creatures from myths and legends," Peter Dinklage has been criticized again by Hollywood actors with dwarfism for depriving them of the jobs they already have.
Can such a movie that has been controversial before it is released finally be successful at the box office? Is it like Disney's live-action versions that have achieved super high box office, or will it be like a live-action version that is classified by netizens as "no longer liked by modern audiences", such as the previous live-action versions of "Pinocchio" and "Dumbo" that failed at the box office?
The film is directed by Marc Webb of "500 Days of Summer" and "The Amazing Spider-Man"