# Peter Dinklage Rips Disney For ‘Snow White’ Remake: ‘What The F\*\*k Are You Doing?!’ **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 25, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359 "2022-01-25T13:44:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/465 "2023-07-17T18:43:12Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Yup. An actor has no choice but to accept any role offered. Often or they can continue to wait tables or do construction. I don’t know anything about this particular actor but they need to eat and/or take the big paychecks. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/466 "2023-07-17T18:52:14Z")
Well, yeah, but she auditioned, right? The casting director didn’t see her waiting tables and hired her, I’m willing to guess. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/467 "2023-07-17T19:04:34Z")
Yes. That is the method by which actors obtain jobs. They audition for as much stuff as they can and take the best or only good offer. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/468 "2023-07-17T19:05:13Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Often or they can continue to wait tables or do construction. I don’t know anything about this particular actor but they need to eat and/or take the big paychecks. She’s well enough established that she is not waiting tables. Long term her career is best served by being associated with projects that do well. Being associated with three flops in a row would be the opposite of being a bankable performer. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/469 "2023-07-17T19:06:20Z")
She isn’t perfectly prescient. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/470 "2023-07-17T19:08:04Z")
If this one flops she is! 100% fail rate. That’s how she’ll be seen. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/471 "2023-07-17T19:24:04Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > She’s well enough established that she is not waiting tables. Maybe you missed > [@flurb](#): > > those are the only two acting credits on her IMDB page. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/472 "2023-07-17T19:25:07Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > If this one flops she is! 100% fail rate. That’s how she’ll be seen. She has several other movies in post-production, including a Hunger Games sequel. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/473 "2023-07-17T19:28:57Z")
OK. You are a new actor. You’re offered the lead roll in a remake of one of the most popular musicals of all time. Next you are offered a big roll in a DC Comics franchise movie. Finally you are offered a lead roll in a huge Disney remake. Which one of these would you turn down without perfect foresight? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/474 "2023-07-17T20:33:52Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Yup. An actor has no choice but to accept any role offered. I don’t know why you have a problem with the woman but do you really believe she has the sort of decision making weight as the kind of actors who CAN be picky about their roles? Come on, that’s absurd. And are we now expecting her to have known a STEVEN SPIELBERG movie was going to bomb? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/475 "2023-07-17T21:26:44Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Indiana Jones, Antman, and Elemental have been losers. I’m not _sure_ though that the problem was that making them were bad decisions versus poor execution. People arent going to the theater as much. The $$ is made in toys, tshirts, etc, streaming and even DVD sales. > [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Yes, the link from the Daily Mail, which interviewed three actors who are dwarfs and one agent who is not a dwarf, More validity than one person. > [@DSeid](#): > > ecause, as already pointed out, historically doing that has worked out very well for them, relatively few duds and several a billion box office plus. And toy/clothing/other marketing revenue on top. Yep, a lot of bux in toys, etc. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/476 "2023-07-17T21:36:07Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > You’re offered the lead roll in a remake of one of the most popular musicals of all time. Next you are offered a big roll in a DC Comics franchise movie. Finally you are offered a lead roll in a huge Disney remake. West Side was her breakout. The movie didn’t kill the box office but she got a best actress golden globe. It put her on the map. From there she could choose. She was THE breakout artist at a very young age. I saw Shazam 2. Being associated with that is an embarrassment. Her performance fine. The script had to be a give away. Hard to turn down Disney Princess but my sense is that it would have made more career sense to do smaller budget original movies for one or two. At least _not only choose big budget sequels and redos._ You risk paling in comparison. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/477 "2023-07-17T21:42:25Z")
I’d be inclined to make hay while the sun shines. Women actors often have a short shelf life. The independent movie could just as likely be an embarrassing flop over the big budget Disney flick. I’m just talking generally of course. Musicals, comic book hero and Disney aren’t my genres. If she were in a low budget original movie, there’d be a chance that I knew who she was. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/478 "2023-07-17T22:12:32Z")
I’m thinking we’ve digressed far enough on this aspect … anyone listen to the marked portion of the WTF podcast for original source context? Does listening to it alter anyone’s thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/479 "2023-07-17T23:28:39Z")
It’s likely won’t. It was fuel for those who are obsessed with anti wokeness and see it as a boogie man around every corner. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/480 "2023-07-18T01:34:31Z")
Which if true, and I am not so convinced it is by and large, would be ironic given the context of the conversation. To me it is interesting but not surprising how much media reporting of what he actually said misrepresents it. ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/481 "2023-07-18T02:37:15Z")
I listened to it when it was first released. Peter Dinklage makes few appearances on talk shows and the like, but when he does it is always worth watching or listening. His comments on Maron’s podcast about Snow White were quick and casual and nothing deep or long thought out. Just his in the moment thoughts on the topic. I think the media blew it way out of proportion, must have been a slow news day, or someone’s attempt at creating some easy click-bait. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/482 "2023-07-18T03:03:34Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > This was not a thought out action intended to impact. It was having a fun rant on WTF. That does indeed change my opinion of what his intent was. But I also can’t think that this was wrong, either. If he was just being entertaining and not really trying to influence anything, that should be fine, too. Heck, it tells me he was probably exaggerating his problems with the movie. I still suspect that he may have a problem with the story due to the way the dwarfs are treated like magical creatures with no real individuality rather than people. There is a history of little people actors not liking that dwarfs get cast in those roles. But I suspect Dinklage would have been more open to the idea that they might do it in a way he would approve of if he’d not just been shooting off the cuff. Has he said anything else about it since then? If so, I’d be interested in hearing it. If not, then I wouldn’t know if he’s just trying to lay low and not get involved, or if he actually does stand by what he said. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/483 "2023-07-18T03:35:36Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > More validity than one person. Not remotely valid for either of the claims you made. You should retract them both and pledge never to use Daily Fail as a cite again. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/484 "2023-07-18T11:31:05Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Has he said anything else about it since then? If so, I’d be interested in hearing it. If not, then I wouldn’t know if he’s just trying to lay low and not get involved, or if he actually does stand by what he said. Not that my searching can find anyway. The silence deafens. 🙂 I would think, given the context of the conversation, he and Maron chuckled over some inebriatant in response to the whole craziness since. I also am puzzled by the Disney side. It doesn’t seem like anyone from their team bothered to actually listen to the podcast (admittedly it is over an hour if you have no scan skills) or reach out to Dinklage other than by public announcement. I’m cynical enough to think the magical creature troupe was actually already planned and they just took advantage of the media flurry to gain some publicity. Just off to work they go. Again, if I was a Disney exec trolling to old farts who aren’t my target audience but who drive the news feeds would be on my list of movie publicity tactics. Of course they could just be tripping over themselves. Odds though that there is some joke about how Snow is _woke_ from the apple? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359.md?page=25)