Danica Patrick took pleasure in Rachel Zegler’s Snow White flop as the remake continued to record low box office numbers.
The former race car driver and model, 43, shared video critical of the Disney picture as well as the 23-year-old actress. It was originally posted by the Instagram account Irrelevant News.
She captioned the post, ‘Bye bye,’ according to an account from Us Weekly, becoming the latest celebrity to insert herself in the movie’s backlash.
The remake cost about $214 million, and it’s on track to become a box office flop as it earned only $42.2 million domestically in its opening weekend.
The Mark Webb-directed film dipped 66 percent in its second box office weekend, earning $143.1 million globally, the ᴀssociated Press reported.
Though Snow White debuted at No. 1 following its March 31 release, the Jason Statham thriller A Working Man took over its top spot a week later.
Danica Patrick seemed to slight Rachel Zegler amid her Snow White live-action movie’s low box office numbers; Danica pictured in October 2024
Taking to her Instagram Story on Sunday, the 43-year-old former race car driver re-shared a video critical of the Disney picture as well as the 23-year-old actress, captioning, ‘Bye bye’
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On Tuesday Zegler’s West Side Story co-star Ariana DeBose, 34, appeared to take aim at her on Instagram as she directly quoted Snow White producer Marc Platt’s son Jonah, who recently slammed Zegler in an now-deleted tirade.
The now-deleted post read: ‘Narcissism is not something to be coddled or encouraged.’
She soundtracked it to Beyonce’s song Cozy, and turned off the comments.
DeBose later insisted that she didn’t mean to target Zegler as she uploaded a statement to her Instagram Story after her original post went viral.
‘I post quotes all the time and thought this one was meaningful,’ she wrote, admitting, ‘Will fully cop to the fact I did not do any research on where this post came from, nor did I know of the connection until it was pointed out to me.’
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Jonah’s statement, written online in response to a fan, branded Zegler ‘immature’ and ‘narcissistic.’
He did so in response to a fan comment, which referenced an article published by Variety that claimed Marc had flown to New York to speak to Zegler about her controversial pro-Palestine social media posts.
The fan comment — made in reference to a Variety article about his dad addressing Zegler on her pro-Palestine stance — read: ‘Your dad flew to NYC to reprimand a young actress? Any words on this? Cuz that’s creepy as hell and uncalled for. People have the right to free speech, no? Shame on your father.’
Jonah’s responded: ‘Yeah, my dad, the producer of the enormous piece of Disney IP with hundreds of millions of dollars on the line, had to leave his family 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 publicly for.’
Elsewhere in the comment he implied Rachel’s actions tanked the film, and said: ‘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 the colleagues and crew and blue collar workers who depend on that movie to be successful.’
Per a detailed report from Forbes, the production cost of the remake was around $214 million, and it’s on track to become a box office flop as it earned only $42.2 million domestically in its opening weekend
Amid the Snow White press tour, it was speculated that there was a behind-the-scenes clash between Rachel and her co-star Gal Gadot; L-R Director Marc Webb, Rachel, Gal
Amid the Snow White press tour, it was speculated that there was a behind-the-scenes clash between Rachel and her co-star Gal Gadot.
It was believed to be over their opposing views on the yearslong Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Gadot is notably from Israel.
Despite the rumored friction, the two women were pleasant and professional while carrying out their promotion duties.
As the reboot hit theaters in late March, Zegler took to social media to gush over the production, ignoring the outside noise.
Sharing behind-the-scenes outtakes, she wrote in an Instagram caption: ‘This movie was a life-changing experience that has held about four years of my career. The growing up you do from the age of twenty (when I was cast) to twenty-three (the age i am now) cannot be accurately described, yet [it exists] here on film forever.
‘I became a real adult during the course of this film — learned hard lessons, did hard things, laughed, cried, turned 21, lived across the ocean from my family, made new friends, and completely fell in love with this group of people I got to work with for three magical summers in London.’
She ended the note by writing, ‘Remember, you’re the one who can fill the world with sunshine.’
