New Trailer: ‘Snow White’ Live-Action - Rachel Zegler Faces Off Against Gal Gadot’s Evil Queen and Meets the Seven Dwarfs
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From an updated version of the prince to that empowering ending, here's how Disney's ambitious 'Snow White' live-action differs from the original animated film.
From the prince to that empowering ending, how Disney's live-action Snow White differs from the original
Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot, and Andrew Burnap star in the remake, in theaters March 21.By
Jessica Wang
Updated on March 21, 2025 06:16PM EDT
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Rachel Zegler as Snow White in 'Snow White'.Credit:
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Warning: This article contains spoilers for Snow White.
Rachel Zegler is a Disney princess for the 21st century in director Marc Webb’s live-action Snow White.
The reimagining, written by Erin Cressida Wilson, retains the essence of what made the 1937 animation a cultural touchstone but also sprinkles a smidge of fairy dust to revitalize the familiar story for a new generation — all without diverging too far from the original. Zegler’s Snow White is a princess who not only finds true love but also the courage to be the type of leader that her late father taught her to be.
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“When it came to reimagining the role of Snow White, it became about the fairest of them all, meaning: Who is the most just? And who can become a fantastic leader?” Zegler previously told Entertainment Weekly. “Snow White has to learn a lot of lessons about coming into her own power before she can come into power over a kingdom.”
1937's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'.
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Below, the few ways the ambitious live-action differs from the original.
A new soundtrack that captures the magic of Disney
Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen in 'Snow White'.
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Snow White isn’t Snow White without “Whistle While You Work” and “Heigh-Ho,” beloved classics that Webb and co. kept in the live-action remake. But those are also accompanied by new originals from Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the EGOT-winning songwriting duo known for their work on La La Land, The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen, and, of course, Disney’s 2019 live-action remake of Aladdin. The new tracks, including Zegler’s “Waiting on a Wish” and Gal Gadot’s Evil Queen anthem “All Is Fair,” are fresh additions but still capture the distinct nostalgic magic of Disney compositions. Other memorable new additions include “Princess Problems” and “A Hand Meets a Hand,” both of which feature duets from Zegler and her Tony Award-winning costar Andrew Burnap, who plays Snow White’s love interest Jonathan, the remake’s new version of the Prince.
A new kind of Prince that evokes another animated Disney classic
Burnap plays Jonathan, a reimagined but still very much swoon-worthy version of Snow White's love interest who even evokes a character featured in another animated Disney classic: Robin Hood, the virtuous outlaw who steals from the rich to give to the poor. Snow White meets this updated version of the Prince early in the film, discovering that Jonathan has managed to sneak into the Evil Queen's castle to steal some bread and other goods for his fellow starving village folk. Together, Jonathan and Snow White join forces to fight for what's right and fair, offering a new — and quite literal — twist on the princess' moniker as fairest of them all. But more on that fight later.Want more movie news? Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more.
Andrew Burnap as Jonathan and Rachel Zegler as Snow White in 'Snow White'.
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Heigh-Ho! A Dopey who speaks!
Perhaps the most unexpected (but on brand) divergence from the original is that Dopey, one of the seven dwarves, learns to speak. The beloved character is mute throughout the animated feature, communicating through gestures and emotions. Happy informs the princess in the original that Dopey has simply never tried to speak. Though the dwarf starts mute in the live-action, he eventually finds his voice and speaks, shocking his companions. Finding one’s voice has been an empowering throughline in many Disney remakes of recent years. Andrew Barth Feldman, who last appeared in Saturday Night and the R-rated Jennifer Lawrence comedy No Hard Feelings, voices Dopey in the remake.Rachel Zegler shares the Taylor Swift-coded way Steven Spielberg told her she was cast in Snow White
A reimagined ending fit for a modern fairytale
Rachel Zegler as Snow White in 'Snow White'.
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The biggest change of all is the ending, one fit for a princess of the 21st century. In the original, the Evil Queen is defeated in her old lady form after she climbs atop jagged boulders to escape the dwarves and woodland creatures, who were in attack mode after she poisoned Snow White with the red apple. The Prince, who has searched far and wide for the princess, finds her in her glass coffin and, with a kiss, breaks the spell. He takes her to his castle, and they live happily ever after, with the animated feature ending there.
In the remake, after being kissed back to life, Snow White confronts the Evil Queen, who is still alive and well at the castle, and announces her intention to reclaim her late parents’ realm. In a fit of rage, Gadot’s Evil Queen shatters her Magic Mirror, which then sucks her into its shadow realm before returning to its original unbroken form, trapping her inside.
With her enemy vanquished, Snow White is left to rule over her fair Kingdom in peace.
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- Ariana DeBose shared a post on Instagram directly quoting criticism of her West Side Story costar Rachel Zegler from Jonah Platt, the son of Zegler's Snow White producer Marc Platt.
- DeBose later deleted the post and issued a clarification via an Instagram story, which read in part, "I did not do any research on where this quote came from."
- Platt initially criticized Zegler for posting in support of Palestine shortly after the release of the Snow White trailer, a move he described as illustrative of Zegler's "narcissism."
"I post quotes all the time and thought this one was meaningful," DeBose shared in an Instagram story on Tuesday. "Will fully cop to the fact that I did not do any research on where this quote came from, nor did I know of the connection until it was pointed out to me."
Ariana DeBose on Instagram.
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Entertainment Weekly has reached out to reps for both Zegler and DeBose.
Earlier this afternoon, Debose shared a post which she then reposted to her story that read, "Narcissism is not something to be coddled or encouraged." The post directly quoted a now-deleted comment by Jonah Platt, son of Zegler's Snow White producer Marc Platt, which took aim at Zegler posting in support of Palestine shortly after the release of the film's trailer, a move that the younger Platt implied hurt the live-action remake at the box office.
Platt claimed that Zegler "hijacked the conversation for her own immature desires at the risk of all the colleagues and crew and blue collar workers who depend on that movie to be successful. Narcissism is not something to be coddled or encouraged."
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DeBose continued in her clarification to note that she has "no intention of inserting myself into a news cycle. This is not the first time I've posted about dealing with narcissism before and it probably won't be the last, but next time I'll be sure to clarify its origins first."
The X post which kicked off the chain of accusations and deletions came from Zegler on Aug. 12, 2024. After thanking fans for racking up 120 million views on the Snow White trailer within a day of its release, Zegler followed up with a post that read, "and always remember, free palestine."
A March 25 report from Variety alleged that Marc Platt "flew to New York to speak directly with" Zegler after she made the post. Two days later, Jonah responded to a comment on an Instagram post for his Being Jewish podcast which raised this allegation by saying, "Yeah, my dad, the producer of enormous piece of Disney IP with hundreds of millions of dollars on the line, had to leave his family to fly across the country to reprimand his 20-year-old employee for dragging her personal politics into the middle of promoting the movie for which she signed a multi-million dollar contract to get paid and do publicity for," according to screen grabs circulating online.
Ariana DeBose on Instagram.
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DeBose has not shared any quotes presented without caption to her Instagram over the past year. But the Love Hurts star is outspokenly political, sharing posts advocating for women's rights and urging her followers last October to vote for Kamala Harris over Donald Trump in the presidential election.
Rachel Zegler says she was asked by white execs if she was a 'legit' Latina in West Side Story casting
Ariana DeBose and Rachel Zegler in 'West Side Story'.
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Zelger and DeBose first worked together on Steven Spielberg's 2021 remake of West Side Story, which gave Zegler her first screen role and won DeBose an Oscar.
In January, DeBose told Deadline that she was in talks to star in Evita at the London Palladium, but by the end of the month she had reportedly moved on. In March, Zegler was announced as the lead in the Tony-winning Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, which will be directed by Jamie Lloyd.
so she's not ethnic enough to be a latina but not white enough to be snow white...a fictional character with no basis in reality whatsoever.
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As soon as this film was getting critiqued pre-production.
Disney should have immediately made the decision to release it on Disney+.
It probably would have been a success if they had done it that way.
Disney should have immediately made the decision to release it on Disney+.
It probably would have been a success if they had done it that way.
They maybe should've done the same for Tron Ares
In what? Lol
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