{"id":647197,"date":"2026-03-11T04:49:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T04:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/647197\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T04:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T04:49:18","slug":"i-refuse-to-assimilate-for-anybody-elses-comfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/647197\/","title":{"rendered":"I Refuse To Assimilate For Anybody Else’s Comfort"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tRachel Zegler<\/a> is looking back at all the backlash she received over her casting in Disney\u2019s live-action version of Snow White<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a new interview, Zegler recalls receiving negativity when she was cast in Steven Spielberg\u2019s West Side Story.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI was told I wasn\u2019t enough of one thing for West Side Story and too much of another for Snow White,\u201d she told Harper\u2019s Bazaar UK<\/a>. \u201cIt was a really confusing time to be in my early twenties and hearing that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe continued, \u201cI grew up proud of being Colombian \u2013 eating the food, wearing the dresses, drinking the coffee, doing all the things that were so intrinsic to who I was as a kid and who I am as an adult \u2013 but I do think there\u2019s an argument to be made that, in the public eye at least, when you\u2019re two things, you\u2019re simultaneously nothing. But I refuse to assimilate for anybody else\u2019s comfort.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMuch of the discourse about Zegler\u2019s casting in\u00a0West Side Story\u00a0centered on the fact that she wasn\u2019t Puerto Rican, like Maria, the musical\u2019s protagonist. In the case of Snow White, many detractors noted that Zegler didn\u2019t fit the character\u2019s description and didn\u2019t resemble the animated classic\u2019s version.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe release of Snow White was also marred by another controversy, centered on Zegler\u2019s comments about the outdated character from the original film and the vocal support for Palestinians.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve said what I feel, and that will always be a testament to my core beliefs as a human. That\u2019s where I stand,\u201d they told the publication, adding, \u201cYou live, and you learn, and there\u2019s a caution that comes with that. There\u2019s an understanding that the temptation to speak doesn\u2019t always mean that it must be done, and that there are a lot of opportunities to make more meaningful change than a tweet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLooking back at all the vitriol she received, Zegler said, \u201cIf I\u2019d been able to predict everything that would come my way, the threats to my safety, I would have just thrown my phone into the ocean. I think any sane person would have.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rachel Zegler is looking back at all the backlash she received over her casting in Disney\u2019s live-action version…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":647198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[28],"tags":[171,53,321,89013,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-647197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-rachel-zegler","tag-snow-white","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116208741431568284","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}