- Rachel Zegler revealed she would have "thrown her phone into the ocean" if she had foreseen the intense backlash to her casting as Snow White.
- The actress, who is of Colombian heritage, faced significant online criticism and threats to her safety for portraying a character traditionally described as having a "white as snow" complexion.
- Zegler reflected on feeling "confused" by criticism that she "wasn’t enough of one thing for West Side Story and too much of another for Snow White."
- She expressed a wish for more maturity at the time and affirmed her commitment to supporting future women of colour cast as Disney princesses.
- Zegler also shared that she received support from British actress Dame Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu, and recently made her West End debut in Evita.
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