Peter Dinklage Slams Disney’s “F–king Backwards” Remake of ‘Snow White’

By Abby Monteil
Published Jan. 25, 2022, 10:11 a.m. ET

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Peter Dinklage isn’t holding back about his feelings toward Disney‘s upcoming Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs remake, which is set to star West Side Story breakout Rachel Zegler. The subject of the film came up during the actor’s recent appearance on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, and Dinklage isn’t a fan.

“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,” he said. “Take a step back and look at what you’re doing there. It makes no sense to me.”

Dinklage pointed out that while the film seems progressive in one way, “you’re still making that fucking backwards story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together, what the fuck are you doing, man?”

“Have I done nothing to advance the cause from my soap box? I guess I’m not loud enough,” the Game of Thrones alum added. “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?”

Directed by Marc Webb and featuring new music by La La Land songwriting duo Benji Pasek and Justin Paul, Snow White is the latest in Disney’s series of live-action remakes. Apart from Zegler’s casting, other details about the film are currently unknown.

Still, Dinklage clarified that he wasn’t totally opposed to the film if it was handled properly.

“If you tell the story of Snow White with the most fucked up, cool, or progressive spin? Let’s do it,” he said. “All in.”

After Dinklage’s denouncing of the reboot, Disney responded in an exclusive statement to The Hollywood Reporter: “To avoid reinforcing stereotypes from the original animated film, we are taking a different approach with these seven characters and have been consulting with members of the dwarfism community. We look forward to sharing more as the film heads into production after a lengthy development period.”