Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, The beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The little Mermaid… Over the past few years, many live-action remakes of Disney animated classics have emerged. If the trailer for the film featuring the famous mermaid had caused a huge reaction, today is the remake of Snow White which is controversial. In 2024, the Colombian-born actress Rachel Zegler will lend her features to the famous Disney princess. A choice that does not please David Hand, the son of the director of the cartoon released in 1937. “My father and Walt Disney would be turning in their graves after the remake of Snow White”he said on Friday August 18, 2023 in the columns of the Telegrambefore adding: “It doesn’t feel like the origin stories anymore. They’re coming up with new ‘woke’ things and I don’t like that very much. I even find it insulting. There’s no respect for the work of Disney and the work of my father.” According to him, Disney shouldn’t “taking hold of a classic to rewrite it”.
David Hand: “They change the reasoning of the characters”
In this new adaptation, Snow White will be a feminist heroine and will not be saved by the prince. In addition, the seven dwarfs have been replaced by “magical creatures”. “It’s another concept. I’m against it. I know my dad and Walt would have objected to that. It’s pathetic to see things that way. I’m afraid of what they will do to the first films. Their thoughts are so radical these days. They change stories. They change the reasoning of the characters”, dropped David Hand, annoyed, with the Telegraph. For her part, Rachel Zegler, the interpreter of Snow White in the cinema, thinks differently. “We are no longer in 1937. She will not be saved by a prince and she will not dream of true love. She will dream of becoming the leader she knows she can be and that her late father told her she could become if she was fearless, righteous, brave and true.”she confided in an interview with varietyFriday, September 9, 2022. It remains to be seen whether fans of the animated film will be there…