section_path: Production/Casting
section_name: Casting
paragraph_text: Casting
  
  In June 2021, Rachel Zegler was cast in the title role. The casting of an actress of Latina descent as Snow White, who is described in the original Grimm fairy tale as having skin "as white as snow", was met with criticism from some quarters. Zegler responded to the criticism in January 2022, stating that Snow White is popular in Spanish -speaking countries and that casting a Latina actress in the role was significant due to its rarity. In August 2023, it was reported that Mexican actress Renata Vaca had been one of two finalists for the role. Vaca revealed that the casting call was "open to all ethnic groups " and that initial auditions required performing a song from a Disney Princess film. Zegler's casting was solidified through a "glowing recommendation" to Webb from Steven Spielberg, who directed Zegler as María in his 2021 film adaptation of West Side Story.
  
  In November 2021, Gal Gadot was cast as the Evil Queen. A new casting search for an actress to star as a younger version of Snow White was launched and Emilia Faucher was cast. On January 12, 2022, Andrew Burnap was cast as a new character named Jonathan in the lead male role, replacing the character of The Prince. At the 2022 Denver Fan Expo, Martin Klebba revealed that he would be portraying Grumpy; Klebba previously played similar dwarf roles in prior productions based on the "Snow White" fairy tale: in the 2001 made-for-television film Snow White: The Fairest of Them All as Friday, and in the 2012 fantasy comedy Mirror Mirror as Butcher. Colin Michael Carmichael appears. In February 2025, Andrew Barth Feldman, Tituss Burgess, Jason Kravits, George Salazar, Jeremy Swift, and Andrew Grotelueschen were all cast as the remaining members of the Seven Dwarfs, with Salazar and Grotelueschen both making their film debuts. David Krumholtz auditioned for Grumpy and Sleepy.
  
  In June 2021, Rachel Zegler was cast in the title role. The casting of an actress of Latina descent as Snow White, who is described in the original Grimm fairy tale as having skin "as white as snow", was met with criticism from some quarters. Zegler responded to the criticism in January 2022, stating that Snow White is popular in Spanish -speaking countries and that casting a Latina actress in the role was significant due to its rarity. In August 2023, it was reported that Mexican actress Renata Vaca had been one of two finalists for the role. Vaca revealed that the casting call was "open to all ethnic groups " and that initial auditions required performing a song from a Disney Princess film. Zegler's casting was solidified through a "glowing recommendation" to Webb from Steven Spielberg, who directed Zegler as María in his 2021 film adaptation of West Side Story.
  
  In November 2021, Gal Gadot was cast as the Evil Queen. A new casting search for an actress to star as a younger version of Snow White was launched and Emilia Faucher was cast. On January 12, 2022, Andrew Burnap was cast as a new character named Jonathan in the lead male role, replacing the character of The Prince. At the 2022 Denver Fan Expo, Martin Klebba revealed that he would be portraying Grumpy; Klebba previously played similar dwarf roles in prior productions based on the "Snow White" fairy tale: in the 2001 made-for-television film Snow White: The Fairest of Them All as Friday, and in the 2012 fantasy comedy Mirror Mirror as Butcher. Colin Michael Carmichael appears. In February 2025, Andrew Barth Feldman, Tituss Burgess, Jason Kravits, George Salazar, Jeremy Swift, and Andrew Grotelueschen were all cast as the remaining members of the Seven Dwarfs, with Salazar and Grotelueschen both making their film debuts. David Krumholtz auditioned for Grumpy and Sleepy.