{"id":350153,"date":"2025-08-16T22:15:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T22:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/350153\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T22:15:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T22:15:16","slug":"gal-gadot-blames-anti-israel-sentiment-for-snow-white-flop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/350153\/","title":{"rendered":"Gal Gadot Blames Anti-Israel Sentiment For &#8216;Snow White&#8217; Flop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Gal Gadot<br \/>\n                          Pressure to Speak Out Against Israel Tanked &#8216;Snow White&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published August 16, 2025 1:30 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250816_2f674b906bd845f1943d54d2b7ae0441\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:83cdacc1-e678-42b6-a81f-16c03680f93e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2f674b906bd845f1943d54d2b7ae0441_md.jpg\" alt=\"gal gadot rachel zegler palestine main getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/gal-gadot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Gal Gadot<\/strong><\/a> says politics proved to be the poison apple to her live-action &#8220;Snow White&#8221; &#8230; claiming pressure to condemn Israel turned the public against the movie.<\/p>\n<p>The actress made the comments in a wide-ranging interview to Israeli TV that&#8217;s making the rounds online &#8212; she says she was sure the movie was going to be a hit &#8230; adding it was a joy to film and work with her costar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/rachel-zegler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Rachel Zegler<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gal Gadot gave a big interview tonite on Israeli TV, on the pressure in Hollywood to speak out against Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fBNuLAmeFt\">pic.twitter.com\/fBNuLAmeFt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Betar Worldwide (@Betar_USA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Betar_USA\/status\/1956548550986547358?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 16, 2025<\/a><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Betar_USA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Betar_USA<\/a>\n          <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, she says everything changed after October 7, 2023, when Hamas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/10\/07\/israel-at-war-hamas-attacks-gaza-strip-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>attacked a music festival<\/strong><\/a> in the country, which led to the ongoing multiyear conflict between Israel and Palestine.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>GG says celebs suddenly came under pressure to denounce Israel &#8212; her home country for whom she served in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) &#8230; and, she&#8217;s basically implying the movie was doomed once she didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250315_1f0c8a41779f4cd7b66a9e916198a07a\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:83cdacc1-e678-42b6-a81f-16c03680f93e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1f0c8a41779f4cd7b66a9e916198a07a_md.jpg\" alt=\"snow white walt disney pictures sub\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that &#8220;Snow White&#8221; caught flak for reasons beyond Israel &#8230; with conservatives accusing it of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/07\/23\/rachel-zegler-resurfaced-snow-white-interview-ignites-right-wing-rage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>woke messaging<\/strong><\/a> and multiple stars coming out against Disney&#8217;s choice to use CGI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/07\/15\/live-action-snow-white-swaps-dwarfs-dwarves-on-set-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>instead of casting<\/strong><\/a> real Little People actors as some of the dwarves.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"media-link image-block__link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/series\/23adb4bd-b0fb-4697-900d-09ef393dc48e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/6ec2f3bcae4444e287dca0db81485bfa_md.jpg\" alt=\"Huk Hogan-INLINE-HULU\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><br \/>\n                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zegler also courted controversy when she came out in support of Palestine &#8230; so, it wasn&#8217;t only Gadot&#8217;s political beliefs that raised eyebrows.<\/p>\n<p>Worth the mention &#8230; <strong>Melissa Barrera<\/strong> was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/11\/21\/melissa-barrera-fired-scream-vii-social-media-posts-israel-hamas-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>reportedly fired<\/strong><\/a> from the &#8216;Scream&#8217; franchise after she showed support for Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>      <a id=\"gallery-link-007d5061-6d1d-5c1c-a1c3-6e49fc66d21a\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2017\/06\/28\/gal-gadots-hot-photos\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:007d5061-6d1d-5c1c-a1c3-6e49fc66d21a\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:83cdacc1-e678-42b6-a81f-16c03680f93e\" data-gallery-layout=\"carousel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/feb05ad4500947f39d10f695a947affa_md.jpg\" alt=\"Gal Gadot's Hot Shots\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>              <\/a><\/p>\n<p>BTW, it was critics who hated the &#8220;Snow White&#8221; film &#8230; it&#8217;s got a 38% critics score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and a 70% audience score &#8212; so the average viewer doesn&#8217;t hate the film. The people who normally break down movies certainly do, though!<\/p>\n<p>Gadot&#8217;s convinced the film should&#8217;ve been a hit though &#8230; instead of ultimately being put into an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/03\/12\/snow-white-actor-disney-screwed-cast-cancel-premiere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>eternal sleep by Disney<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>      <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gal Gadot Pressure to Speak Out Against Israel Tanked &#8216;Snow White&#8217; Published August 16, 2025 1:30 PM PDT&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-350153","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115040755876648179","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}