Whether you like or hate the new Snow White, it is difficult to escape the discussion about the leading actress, Rachel Ziegler.

The 23 -year -old star took the conversation about the movie, as people blame her for her poor reviews or jump to her defense, saying that she was subjected to unfairly.

This debate is not new to Zegler.

Before the Snow White exit, It was in the middle of the stormWith many criticism of her in the original movie and her political views, including those who have US President Donald Trump and his vice.

Others defended it, and expressed discomfort with seeing such a young actress suffering from a pile.

Film critic Kellichi Enolo Ziegler describes the victim of “culture wars”, and warns actors of incomplete backgrounds (Zaghler He is Latina) often finds themselves “goals for reaction.”

How did we get to this point – and where does Ziegler go from here?

Let’s start with the movie itself.

The Disney Live version of The Classic Fair Tale Snow White was released earlier this month, and faced a large collection of overwhelming reviews (described by Wendy IDE Observer It is “very terrible”.) American auditors were somewhat more positive – but although the box office scheme in North America, he did not earn much money as expected.

On social media, some people rushed to direct their finger to Ziegler, on the pretext that it hindered the release.

It includes Jonah Platt, son of Snow White Mark Platt. Earlier this week, he took the goal to Ziegler in a fiery social media post. Since then it has been deleted, but a screen snapshot has been by multiple outlets, including New York Post.

He said that Ziegler was. “[dragged] Her personal policy “in the movie’s promotional campaign, adding:” Its actions clearly hurt the box office. “

Platt did not respond to a request to comment from the BBC News.

The differences started early.

Before release the film, Zegler faced online abuse by people who did not agree to throw it in a personal role that the skin is “white like snow”.

Zegler topped the headlines after its comments, in 2022, about the original movie. “There is a great focus [in the original] On her love story with a man who literally chases her. strange! So we did not do that this time. “

Zegler also said The original movie was “very historian when it comes to ideas that women are in the roles of strength,” adding: “People make these jokes about the universe of snow computers, as they are like, yes, because they need that.”

Many saw these words as reprimanding against Disney traditions.

The Daily Mail described it as “woke up tide” and an article This week in diversity She said that she “shattered the original lover Snow White.”

“You have never succeeded well. These films are marketed to nostalgia, on your making you feel that you did when you saw the origin, if you are rewarded to speak negatively,” says Victoria Luxeford, CityM’s editor, criticism of the original film.

Zegler refused to comment on this piece.

But Anna Smith, cinematic critic and host of The Girls on Film Podcast, told BBC News that some of the main headlines may be misleading.

Zegler indicated that times and situations have changed, and that the new Snow White has been adapted to the current era. This is the case with many reinstalling and re -boots, many of which are not released with newspaper addresses with comments about the culture of “waking up.”

Ziegler’s political opinions also sparked a violent reaction.

Last summer, she thanked the fans for their response to the movie trailer In a post on xAdding, “Always remember, free Palestine.”

According to a variety of article, Mark Platt – mentioned above – flew to New York to speak directly with Ziegler after the publication.

Zeger nor Platt did not respond to a comment on it.

Ziegler also sparked controversy with her views after the 2024 US presidential election. She wrote on Instagram, she said she hopes that “Trump’s voters and Trump himself do not know peace.”

I apologized later What I said.

Some praised her for her mind. Enolo says, “It is not the first and certainly not the last representative who talks about politics.”

Lukford told me that it was “compressed” to imagine the main audience of the film, children under the age of 10, affected by its policy.

But cinematic critic Conor Riley said that her comments about Trump did not help stabilize the release of the movie.

It is noted that Gal Jadot, who plays the role of Abu Snow White’s wife, the queen of evil, also faced a violent reaction from some people. Gadot, an Israeli, was an audio in support of the country.

He added that the timing of the movie did not help either.

“finally, [Zegler] The lightning rod for controversy became not only because of its actions, but because Snow White fell at the intersection of the creative recession in Hollywood, racist policy, international conflict, and deep ideological division in America. “

Some argue, such as Lockford, that some of the pile comes from a “place for prejudice”.

She said: “She is a Latin young woman with political opinions that are not in line with certain groups, who rush to express their anger.”

Ziegler is far from the first young actress to find herself facing a toxic violent reaction. Recently, the strange actor things Millie Bobby Brown criticized press articles About her appearance, saying, “This is not journalism, this is bullying.”

Smith notes that women in prominence sites are likely to be targeted in this way.

“When women are criticized in the eyes of the audience, there is often a bias at work. Regardless of the topic, the way in which they are dealt with, talk about, and often varies compared to the way men are treated,” she said.

For its part, Insnolo calls on the industry to make more effort to protect their stars.

“What bother me is how easy [people of colour] She said that the culture of silence from studios, news outlets and social media platforms says everything on social media, however, the culture of silence is from studios, news outlets and social media platforms.

“The lack of general protection … means that the toxicity continues to fade and rise. It is the wild West there and I cannot see that it is improving when this is somewhat normalized.”

We put these allegations Disney, but they refused to comment.

Large roles continue to come to zegler. It was now registered on Star in Evita in West End this summer, and on Friday, I made a different splash – reading the cbeybies bedtime story.

At the end of the storyZegler tells young viewers: “To be a strong princess, you just need to be great, great for you!” For some, this is a message that envelops Ziegler itself.

“I don’t know if she is going to make another Disney movie any time soon, but she is 23 years old, she is a winner in Golden Globe, and she is a very talented actress,” says Lukford.