Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” revealed that the original seven dwarves will be replaced by “multi-racial,” “mixed-gender” magical creatures.
Disney announced they were re-envisioning the dwarves as “magical creatures” to “avoid reinforcing stereotypes” after criticism of the original depictions by “Game of Thrones” actor Peter Dinklage, who has dwarfism.
Of the new seven “magical creatures,” only one appears to have dwarfism, while the others look to be fully sized men and women of multiple races.
From Fox News:
Disney opted to reconceptualize the seven dwarves after Dinklage expressed outrage over the idea of dwarves being in the film during a podcast with actor Marc Maron last year. He said at the time, "There’s a lot of hypocrisy going. Literally no offense to anyone, but I was a little taken aback when they were very proud to cast a Latina actress as Snow White. But you’re still telling the story of ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.’ Take a step back and look at what you’re doing there. It makes no sense to me."
