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(NewsNation) — Pity poor Rachel Zegler.
The young actress, who many blame for the bombing of Disney’s live-action “Snow White” at the box office, sought solace on the stage.
Zegler, who is considered “untouchable” in Hollywood at the moment, signed on to play the title role of “Evita” at London’s famed Palladium… but it seems there aren’t many takers for the tickets.
Rachel Zegler ‘too dangerous to touch’: Insider
According to London Theatre Direct, which sells theater tickets, there are still tickets available for all shows — and there are many of them. Only a handful of shows are considered to be semi-full.
As I reported recently: “(Zegler) is too dangerous to touch,” my spy said. ”She doesn’t know when to shut up. After this and what happened to ‘Emilia Perez,’ studios are going to be a lot more careful hiring lead actresses.”
Zegler put herself in an awkward position after being awarded the role by criticizing the beloved original.
As she told “Extra” in 2022, the animated film was “extremely dated when it comes to the ideas of women being in roles of power and what a woman’s fit for in the world… The original cartoon came out in 1937, and very evidently so. There’s a big focus on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her. Weird. So we didn’t do that this time… We have a different approach to what I’m sure a lot of people will assume is a love story just because we cast a guy in the movie.”
Other comments Zegler has made that offended some Disney fans and conservatives include:
- Skewering people who were upset by her casting and calling them “losers obsessed with maintaining the bloodline purity of cartoon princesses.”
- Zegler claimed her version of “Snow White” is “really not about the love story at all,” a change she deems “wonderful.” Instead, it’s about Snow White’s “inner journey” to “find her true self.”
- After Donald Trump’s reelection, Zegler posted in part on Instagram: “May Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace.” She apologized for her remarks two days later.
‘Snow White’ producer’s son criticizes Rachel Zegler
While there were other issues with “Snow White” (troublesome CGI dwarves, as opposed to casting real people), the son of “Snow White” producer Marc Platt personally blamed Zegler for the underperformance of Disney’s remake of the 1937 classic at the box office.
Jonah Platt, who hosts the podcast “Being Jewish,” criticized Zegler for “dragging her personal politics into the middle of promoting a movie.”
In a since-deleted post, Jonah Platt responded to an Instagram comment that reported Marc Platt’s visit to “reprimand” Zegler, according to Variety. Jonah said Marc Platt’s attempt to get Zegler to delete her post was made at Disney’s request.
“Yeah, my dad, the producer of enormous piece of Disney IP with hundreds of millions of dollars on the line, had to leave his family to to fly across the country to reprimand his 20 year old employee for dragging her personal politics into the middle of promoting the movie for which she signed a multi-million dollar contract to get paid and do publicity for,” Jonah Platt wrote, per Variety. “This is called adult responsibility and accountability. And her actions clearly hurt the film’s box office.”
He added:
“Free speech does not mean you’re allowed to say whatever you want in your private employment without repercussions. Tens of thousands of people worked on that film and she hijacked the conversation for her own immature desires at the risk of all the colleagues and crew and blue collar workers who depend on that movie to be successful. Narcissism is not something to be coddled or encouraged.”
As my source notes, “(Zegler) is unhireable right now. She should start applying to college.”