‘Snow White’ actor ‘disappointed in the world’ after Disney scales back premiere

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scaled back by Disney. But he doesn’t blame the company.The decision, first reported by Variety on Tuesday, was reportedly made due to the controversies surrounding its stars — Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot — as well as its treatment of the “seven dwarves,” including the use of CGI to create the characters rather than live actors.“I was a little disappointed,” Klebba, told The Post. “I’m not disappointed in Disney.

I’m disappointed in the world.”He explained, “We’ve come to this place in society where people work really hard on this movie, where Marc [Webb], the director, is probably four years into putting this together, [along with] the producers and Disney, and just because a couple of people have views that not everybody feels the same way, now we’re having to alter the fun part of making a movie, which is premieres.”“So I’m a little bummed, but I understand it as well,” Klebba said. “Disney is one of the greatest production companies of all time, so you gotta be really careful in today’s world.

So I see why they they did it.”“I’m just still a little bummed because I was really looking forward to doing the red carpet.”He added, “I just was really hoping to get to get together and walk the red carpet with these guys,” he added, referring to his castmates.

Klebba has acted in two other Disney movies with theme park tie-ins, “Pirates of the Caribbean” and Eddie Murphy’s “The Haunted Mansion.”“The world has come a long way.