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Disney chooses a young Mette actress to play Snow White

Disney chooses a young Mette actress to play Snow White

Disney announced Tuesday that young Métis actress Rachel Ziegler will play Snow White in the live-action version of the popular 1937 cartoon, the start of her career for a character who will star in a remake of West Side Story, due in December.

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Among a Colombian mother and a Polish father, Rachel Ziegler, now 20, was chosen to play Maria in Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” whose team tested more than 30,000 candidates.

The team especially liked the voice of the young woman, who has already distinguished herself in several local productions of musicals in New Jersey, where she belongs.

“Rachel’s extraordinary vocal abilities are just one aspect of her talent,” Mark Webb, future director of the remake of Snow White, commented in a letter sent to AFP by a Disney spokesperson.

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“His strength, intelligence and optimism will become integral to rediscovering the joy of a classic Disney fairy tale,” explained the director, who has notably directed two parts of the Spider-Man saga, “The Amazing Spider-Man” (2012) and “The Amazing Spider-Man: The Fate of the Hero” (2014 ).

Disney said production of the film is scheduled to begin in 2022. “Snow White” is an adaptation of a story written by the Brothers Grimm, two German linguists who published the first edition in 1812.

The selection of actress Métis to play the role of the first Disney movie heroine in 1937 marked a new turning point for the studio, which has long been accused of choosing primarily white main characters.

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Mulan (2020) and Aladdin (2019), which are also live-action releases, featured leading roles of variety.

Still unknown to virtually the general public, Rachel Ziegler will make one of her most famous career debuts in history, as well as the roles of Snow White and West Side Story in Shazam! Fury of the Gods”, a sequel to DC Comics’ Shazam! Expected in 2023.