Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot Glam Up for ‘Snow White’ Premiere

Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot turned the crimson carpet right into a fairytale runway at Snow White’s Los Angeles premiere.

The 2 costars attended the occasion held at El Capitan Theatre on Saturday, March 15, for the movie directed by Marc Webb. Zegler, 23, stars because the titular Snow White, and Gadot, 39, portrays the Evil Queen.

In celebration of the film musical’s launch, the actresses wore appears that channeled their iconic characters.

Zegler was fairly in pink in a pale rose-colored strapless robe that includes a corseted bodice adorned with butterfly appliqués and a voluminous, floor-length skirt. She styled her hair in a sublime updo and accessorized with diamond necklace.

Gadot, in the meantime, opted for a sheer black lace gown detailed with a ruffled miniskirt overtop an extended floor-length skirt. She wore her hair down in a smooth, middle-part type and topped off her look with a jeweled assertion necklace with a tassel.

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The L.A. premiere follows within the footsteps of the Europe premiere, which noticed Zegler carry out “Ready on a Want,” one of many movie’s authentic songs, for followers at a citadel in Segovia, Spain. The string of low-key promo occasions forward of the movie’s launch is a results of efforts to steer away from the backlash related to Snow White that has adopted because it was introduced in September 2022.

Zegler specifically has garnered criticism for each her casting and her viewpoints on the unique 1937 movie, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

When she was introduced as Snow White, Zegler handled racist backlash over her moving into the footwear of the Disney Princess whereas being of Latinx background (Zegler is of Colombian and Polish descent.)

She later stated in a 2024 interview with Selection that Snow White’s title has a distinct origin story within the new movie than the unique animated Disney film, which, together with the nineteenth century Grimms fairy story, describes the character as having “pores and skin as white as snow.” The 2025 interpretation as a substitute factors to the character having survived a snowstorm as a child and her title being a nod to her “resilience.”

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The actress has additionally been outspoken about her critique of the animation, together with her ideas on its “dated” narrative.

In a latest interview with Vogue Mexico, the actress addressed the flak, saying, “I interpret folks’s emotions about this movie as their ardour for [the Snow White character] and what an honor to be part of one thing that persons are so enthusiastic about.”

Outdoors of the solid, Sport of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage has referred to as out the “hypocrisy” of the film, citing the fairy story’s “backwards story about seven dwarfs residing in a cave collectively.”

“Actually no offense to anybody, however I used to be just a little shocked — they had been very proud to solid a Latina actress as Snow White,” he stated. “However you are still telling the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Take a step again and have a look at what you are doing there. It is unnecessary to me.”

Disney addressed Dinklage’s criticisms in an announcement shared with The Hollywood Reporter. A spokesperson advised the outlet, “To keep away from reinforcing stereotypes from the unique animated movie, we’re taking a distinct strategy with these seven characters and have been consulting with members of the dwarfism group.”

David Hand, 93 and the son of one of many co-directors of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, has additionally spoken out concerning the lack of “respect” proven within the remake. “It is an entire completely different idea, and I simply completely disagree with it,” he advised The Telegraph, per Leisure Weekly.

Snow White is in theaters March 21.