‘Woke’ Snow White star Rachel Zegler was supported by axed Scream actress Melissa Barrera this week amid the reboot’s box office failure.

The $270million remake of the 1937 classic starring Zegler, 23, has been beset by multiple controversies including the actress panning the original film for its ‘Sєxist’ traditional romance plot and adding ‘free Palestine’ to an X post plugging the film.

Amid the reboot’s failure to launch at the box office and an explosive Variety piece alleging Zegler’s X post spiked death threats towards her co-star Gal Gadot, Barrera declared Zegler ‘deserves better’ in a scathing comment.

Barrera – who was sacked from the Scream franchise for remarks she made about the conflict between Israel and Palestine that some deemed antisemitic – reshared a post which read: ‘Disney is scapegoating Rachel Zegler for the failure of Snow White because she spoke up for Palestinians. She deserves better.’

This was accompanied by a screensH๏τ of the Variety article with text above it reading: ‘A newly published hit piece in variety magazine attempts to paint Rachel Zegler as difficult and politically radical. it doesn’t. it makes her look cool as hell and full of integrity.’

Barrera’s career downfall was sparked when she posted statements on Instagram Stories in November 2023 calling the war ‘genocide and ethnic cleansing,’ saying that ‘Gaza is currently being treated like a concentration camp.’

‘Woke’ Snow White star Rachel Zegler was supported by axed Scream actress Melissa Barrera this week amid the reboot’s box office failure 

Barrera was fired from the Scream film franchise amid remarks she made about the conflict between Israel and Palestine that some deemed antisemitic. Pictured in 2023’s Scream VI

Spyglᴀss Media Group, the production company behind the upcoming Scream VII, acknowledged Barrera’s exit from the horror franchise in a statement one year ago. 

Spyglᴀss said its position ‘is unequivocally clear: We have zero tolerance for antisemitism or the incitement of hate in any form, including false references to genocide, ethnic cleansing, Holocaust distortion or anything that flagrantly crosses the line into hate speech.’

Barrera on November 23, 2023 posted a statement on Instagram Stories about her firing.

‘First and foremost I condemn antisemitism and Islamophobia. I condemn hate and prejudice of any kind against any group of people,’ she wrote.

‘I believe a group of people are NOT their leadership, and that no governing body should be above criticism,’ she added. ‘I pray day and night for no more deaths, for no more violence, and for peaceful co-existence.

‘I will continue to speak out for those that need it most and continue to advocate for peace and safety, for human rights and freedom.’

The further drama comes as Snow White made just $3.5 million in Thursday previews and earned $43 million during its opening weekend.

That places the film well behind the performance of Disney’s Little Mermaid remake, which premiered in 2023 and made $95 million during its opening weekend.

Barrera reshared a post which read: ‘ Disney is scapegoating Rachel Zegler for the failure of Snow White because she spoke up for Palestinians. She deserves better’

This was accompanied by a screensH๏τ of the Variety article with text above it reading: ‘A newly published hit piece in variety magazine attempts to paint Rachel Zegler as difficult and politically radical. it doesn’t. it makes her look cool as hell and full of integrity’

Previously, Disney sparked backlash after they announced that ‘magical creatures’ would replace the seven dwarves to ‘avoid reinforcing stereotypes 

Barrera, 34, previously opened up about her experience in the past year, saying, ‘There were times where I felt like my life was over.’ Pictured in April in LA 

Disney’s 2019 Dumbo remake made $2.6 million in previews and profited a total of $45 million on opening weekend.

However, Dumbo only required $170 million to make, compared to Snow White’s budget of more than $250 million, excluding marketing costs.

Despite the underperforming figures, Snow White’s preview numbers did rank higher than Disney’s Cinderella remake, which only grossed $2.3 million. However, Cinderella ended up pulling a Cinderella story with a surprising $91.8 million in its opening weekend.

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If the empty theaters across the nation is any indicator of the film’s dismal debut, it’s certainly catching the eye of Zegler’s critics. 

ScreensH๏τs began circulating on social media of theater seating charts with only a few seats filled and pH๏τos of moviegoers surrounded by empty chairs. 

Some critics have even jokingly called for someone to start a GoFundMe to help the movie make up its production costs. 

What’s not helping the film’s success is the controversies surrounding the film – from it being called too ‘woke’ to Zegler being blamed for death threats aimed at costar Gal Gadot, who is Israeli.  

Zegler’s pro-Palestine posts have been blamed for a spike in death threats directed at Gadot that grew so fierce Disney reportedly forked out for private security.

Zegler made movie executives nervous after she wrote ‘and always remember, free Palestine’ after an X post last August in which she discussed the hype for the embattled fairytale film.

The comment allegedly caused a spike in death threats towards her 39-year-old co-star Gadot, who plays the Evil Queen, according to Variety.

The Hollywood journal has suggested Gadot came under so much fire from fans that Disney’s top brᴀss elected to hire security for the mother-of-four, who completed two years of mandatory Israel Defence Forces service as an instructor in her youth.

It’s the latest in a long line of controversies to tar the live-action remake of Disney’s classic, the first feature-length animation produced by the studio in 1937.