# 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:** 51
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/1005 "2024-08-14T17:49:13Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Are you sure they were filming when that picture was taken? We have literally no idea. As far as we can tell, all this stems from the Daily Mail posting these photos and saying “Look, Disney replaced the Dwarfs with Magical Creatures because Peter Dinklage is Woke”. That claim is literally _all_ there is to this story. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/1006 "2024-08-14T17:50:12Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > It looked like a candid on location photo. Really? You think they were actually acting in a field of unmown weeds? I don’t. I think it was either a posed publicity photo or a fake. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/1007 "2024-08-14T17:52:45Z")
Agreed. That photo screams “practice session” to me. The weird mishmash of costumes looks like people putting on whatever was around while the director figures out blocking for the scene. Some of the people might have been random people on the set roped into it. Any arguments based on that photo are worthless without more info. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/1008 "2024-08-14T17:58:37Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Are you sure they were filming when that picture was taken? Is it possible they were rehearsing, in which case there’s no need for motion capture equipment? ⁢ But then there is also no reason to be wearing costumes. Maybe you could justify them wearing the costumes the CGI characters wear. Or just wearing normal clothes. But weird costumes definitely suggest there were other plans than what we wound up with. BTW, I agree with Miller that there is no way that Peter Dinklage forced Disney to change anything. Hell, he wasn’t even talking about what we saw in the movie trailer. He was talking about how “those Dwarves who live in a cave” in some Snow White pic. He didn’t even seem to know it was Disney. However, the reaction to the photo definitely could have resulted in Disney changing tactics. Heck, it could have been a feeler to see how audiences would react. And the hype about Dinklage’s remarks could have also played a factor. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/1009 "2024-08-14T18:03:43Z")
Note that the original Daily Mail article didn’t have just a single photo, it is a gallery of a couple of dozen plus a video clip. > **[EXCLUSIVE Snow White and the Seven... Politically-Correct Companions?](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12298801/EXCLUSIVE-Snow-White-Seven-Politically-Correct-Companions.html)** > > EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Zegler, who plays the fictional princess, has been pictured for the first time with her new companions who appear to be a mix of genders, ethnicities and heights. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/1010 "2024-08-14T18:12:14Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Really? You think they were actually acting in a field of unmown weeds? It never occurred to me to think of an open field to be “unmown weeds”. Do you think the opening of _Little House on the Prairie_ was unmown weeds, too? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/1011 "2024-08-14T18:14:47Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Do you think the opening of _Little House on the Prairie_ was unmown weeds, too? Worst. Lawn. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/1012 "2024-08-14T18:19:14Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Note that the original Daily Mail article didn’t have just a single photo, it is a gallery of a couple of dozen plus a video clip. There are 25 items total, one of which is the video, a few others are pictures of Dinklage and other random stuff, and then the majority are stills from the video. And the video ends with: WE! PAY! CASH! FOR! VIDEOS! WE PAY CASH FOR VIDEOS! DAILY MAIL The clip shows Zegler walk down a field, with the seven people following her, then they kinda split off, she turns around, they cheer. I don’t see any filming equipment around in the shot that Daily Wire got. It really does seem like they’re practicing blocking or something for a scene rather than actually shooting. Zegler scratches her nose at the end of the clip, which I assume she wouldn’t do if she was on camera. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/1013 "2024-08-14T18:35:30Z")
The Daily Mail article says, “Disney announced”. Did Disney ever announce that? I tried googling, and every reference i found pointed back at that Daily Mail article. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/1014 "2024-08-14T21:26:58Z")
They have done the same thing with a remake of _Time Bandits._ “We can’t give short people jobs and employment, that would be demaining to them!” 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/1015 "2024-08-14T21:38:54Z")
We’ve gone through this same cycle multiple times. Forty to fifty years ago it was about nearly all roles for Black actors being as servants and criminals. More recently, it was about Arab roles being as terrorists. Each time, there is an outcry about taking jobs away from the actors, including an outcry from the affected actors. And then eventually we realize that the solution isn’t to just continue the status quo, but to create roles for these actors that don’t trade on stereotypes. We’re evidently still at step 1 with dwarf actors. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/1016 "2024-08-14T21:57:27Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > We’re evidently still at step 1 with dwarf actors. Have you watched Time Bandits? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/1017 "2024-08-14T22:12:07Z")
I’ve seen the original movie, haven’t seen the show. I understand a major complaint of the show is that by casting normal-height actors, the thieves have lost the humor and “quirkiness” that made the original so great. And that’s the problem - a dwarf by his nature was seen as quirky. In the movie, they fit with the child actor because they were perceived as being child-like themselves. Do you see how that could be a problem for a dwarf actor trying to get a regular role, or a dwarf just trying to integrate in society? Do you see any parallels to the historical portrayal of Black and Muslim characters in movies? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/1018 "2024-08-14T22:57:17Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > They have done the same thing with a remake of _Time Bandits._ Is that out already? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/1019 "2024-08-14T22:57:53Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > They wear single color body stockings with dots on them. I’ve long wanted to see that outfit be used but not digitally replaced in a parody movie. ---
**Author:** ![HelenTroy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helentroy/32/86_2.png) [@HelenTroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenTroy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/1020 "2024-08-15T19:25:06Z")
Point of clarification that actually supports your argument - the Daily Mail article states it is NOT Zegler, but a stand-in. So this doesn’t look like it was ever part of the film, by the Mail’s own reporting. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/1021 "2024-12-04T15:38:44Z")
New trailer is out, in theaters Mar 21: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iV46TJKL8cU/maxresdefault.jpg "Disney’s Snow White | Official Trailer | In Theaters March 21") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV46TJKL8cU) Negative articles: > **[Wish it away: will the live-action Snow White be a new low for Disney?](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/dec/04/disney-snow-white-live-action-movie-cgi)** > > A hauntingly bad new trailer for the studio’s next live-action remake promises a nightmarish procession of CGI dwarves > **[Oh boy, the new Snow White trailer…](https://www.polygon.com/disney/489970/snow-white-live-action-trailer)** > > Disney, I’m begging you. > **[Snow White's Live-Action Seven Dwarfs Are Pure Nightmare Fuel](https://kotaku.com/snow-white-seven-dwarfs-trailer-cgi-ugly-bad-disney-1851712570)** > > The new trailer for Disney's live-action remake contains some very hard-to-look at CGI characters > **[I'm Not Even Mad At The New Snow White Trailer, Just Very, Very Tired -...](https://www.slashfilm.com/1728133/snow-white-movie-trailer-reaction/)** > > The full-length trailer for Disney's live-action Snow White remake is here, and we're too exhausted to get worked up over anything in it. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/1022 "2024-12-04T17:26:55Z")
Too bad Disney didn’t buy the Star Trek franchise. Then we maybe could have had _Snow White and the Seventy Worfs_, which would definitely have been a more interesting twist on the story than this. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/1023 "2024-12-04T17:30:35Z")
It occurs to me the the mirror is kind of a dick. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dinklage-rips-disney-for-snow-white-remake-what-the-f-k-are-you-doing/958359/1024 "2024-12-04T17:47:10Z")
In the mirror’s defense, it must get pretty damn tiring having some narcissist ask you over and over and over again, “Am I the fairest of them all?! Well, am I, am I??!!” [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=50) [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=52)