Peter Dinklage Slams Disney's Snow White Remake As A 'Backwards Story'

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It’s been quite a while since Peter Dinklage rose to prominence thanks to his role as Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones, and though he has mostly distanced himself as any kind of spokesperson for people with dwarfism, the actor couldn’t hold back his feelings on the upcoming remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Last year Disney released further announcements regarding the film’s cast, with the most notable choices being Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) as The Evil Queen and Rachel Zegler (West Side Story), the latter being of mixed Colombian and Polish descent, as the main character. The decision to choose an actor of Latin descent was praised by some, however, in Dinklage’s opinion that fails to address the seven little people that share a cave and the movie’s title with Snow White.

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Dinklage’s comments surfaced during an appearance in the WTF with Marc Maron podcast, where he touched upon several topics including his latest movie Cyrano and the irony of a film like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs being called progressive. The 52-year-old actor said “You're progressive in one way, but then you're still making that f***ing backwards story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together, what the f*** are you doing, man?” and yet insisted he doesn’t want the movie to be canceled, offend anyone, or anything like that, just that it doesn’t make sense to him fearing the movie could feature stereotypes about his condition.

In Dinklage’s case, he was born with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism, that leaves him standing at 4’5 (1.35m) but at the same time turned into one of the world’s most recognizable actors. During the interview, the actor