The Standard reported that dwarf actors would protest Disney’s live-action Snow White because the company used CGI instead of actors with dwarfism.
From the report:
Actress Ali Chapman, 50, who is 3ft 8in tall, branded the remake “a total travesty” and said little people had flown in from around the world to tell Disney “it isn’t acceptable”.Chapman said: “It’s a total travesty. People have come from everywhere to tell Disney it isn’t acceptable.”Her husband, actor Matt McCarthy, who is 4ft 1in and also has dwarfism, said: “We’ve been totally shut out but we’re not going down quietly. It’s hard enough in Hollywood. Everyone’s trying to make their dreams come true. When you’re a little person opportunities are few and far between. I was born to play Dopey.”
Breitbart’s John Nolte doesn’t blame them. He has been vocal about Disney ditching dwarf actors since 2023.
Nolte mentioned the outrage from Peter Dinklage when he slammed Disney for supposedly gloating about casting a Latina as Snow White but remade a movie about little people living together in a cave:
This all started with actor Peter Dinklage, who upon hearing about the remake lashed out at the idea of including dwarfs. “It makes no sense to me,” he said. “You’re progressive in one way, but then you’re still making that fucking backward story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together.”I understand why Dinklage did it. He’s no dummy. When it comes to hiring little people, he’s the go-to guy and doesn’t want the competition. But the dummies at Disney immediately caved, removed the seven dwarfs, and replaced them with full-size “magical beings,” who looked ridiculous.After the “magical being” backlash, rather than hire seven dwarf actors who undoubtedly need the work and would like to “feel seen,” craven Disney used CGI dwarfs instead.
The protest’s organizer Jeff Beacher is angry: “If Hollywood is about inclusion and diversity then you could have had talented little people actors in all of these roles. This is a moment in history. Equality is a movement but when it comes to little people no-one in Hollywood is listening.”
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