SNOW WHITE: WWE's Dylan Postl Blames GAME OF THRONES Star Peter Dinklage For Exclusion Of Seven Dwarfs

SNOW WHITE: WWE's Dylan Postl Blames GAME OF THRONES Star Peter Dinklage For Exclusion Of Seven Dwarfs

Former WWE Superstar Dylan Postl/Hornswoggle has taken aim at Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage for his comments about the Seven Dwarfs in Snow White, blaming him for them not being part of the movie.

By JoshWilding - Jul 27, 2023 11:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Disney
Source: SFFGazette.com

Disney's next live-action remake is Snow White, though the movie has found itself the subject of controversy lately. While the decision to cast Rachel Zegler as the title character had drawn the unfortunate ire of some people on social media, it's the movie's exclusion of the Seven Dwarfs which has been making headlines. 

Set photos showed a group of diverse male and female actors accompanying Snow White, with only one little person among their ranks. Cries of Disney being "woke" and "politically correct" followed, but for true fans of the original 1937 movie, the group's absence comes as a major let-down. 

Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Dopey are an iconic part of this story, and replacing them with a group thought to be called "The Bandits" doesn't sit right with a lot of Disney fans.

Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage was perhaps the movie's biggest detractor, praising Disney for casting a Latina actress as Snow White before querying the decision to make the "f***ing backward story of seven dwarves living in the cave." To that, the studio responded by saying the group were being reimagined. 

During a recent interview (via SFFGazette.com), former WWE Superstar Dylan Postl/Hornswoggle (Leprechaun: Origins) took aim at Dinklage for actually hurting his fellow little person actors with those remarks. 

"There are actors, dwarf actors, that live that dream to be in a major motion picture such as this Disney remake, and now, because Peter Dinklage said what he said last year, now it's taken away, because of 'progression,'" Postl explains. "It's not right, because there [aren't] roles made for actors of my stature."

"Roles that aren't ever really given. I can't go out for the Harrison Ford or George Clooney roles because that's not for me. These dwarf roles are for people of my stature, and now it's taken away. I don't feel that's right, and not only that, but now, think about the additional stunt actors, or body doubles, now you're talking multiple actors of my stature that don't get these major roles."

"All of these dwarfs took care of Snow White," he continues. "They weren't these cave-dwelling monsters that people speak of. They all had seven different characteristics for seven different actors from my community."

It's a valid counterargument and the continued backlash surrounding Disney's decision to move away from the Seven Dwarfs could doom Marc Webb's reboot before we've even seen a trailer. What we do know is that it's far to late to change anything now, so time will tell whether these changes work.

Also starring Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen, Snow White is currently set to arrive in theaters on March 22, 2024.

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MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 7/27/2023, 11:38 PM
You remember all the fervor when the original cartoon came out? No, probably not, because they were amazed and privileged to get to watch such a thing. Time folks get a life.
Kadara
Kadara - 7/28/2023, 12:49 AM
@MosquitoFarmer - I remember watching the Italian version. It made me the man I am today 😏
incredibleTalk
incredibleTalk - 7/27/2023, 11:47 PM
Romeo and Juliet was reimagined...The Wizard of Oz was reimagined...Beauty and the Beast was also reimagined so who gives a flying f@#k what they are doing with Snow White....damn Karens and Kevins!!!!
Mrtoke
Mrtoke - 7/27/2023, 11:54 PM
@incredibleTalk - yeah let’s kick people outta contention for a role so it can be reimagined
incredibleTalk
incredibleTalk - 7/27/2023, 11:57 PM
@Mrtoke - ...don't care if it's Snow White and the Seven Crackheads tell a different story and I'll pay to see it!!!!
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 7/28/2023, 12:38 AM
@incredibleTalk - When they reimagined those movies you mentioned did they specifically change any characters so that a certain group of actors could no longer play them?

Watch someone change an established black character to a white character and see what kind of backlash there is. But it's okay to do this was dwarfs?
Chaos200
Chaos200 - 7/28/2023, 2:47 AM
@incredibleTalk - If you're reimagining something to the point yo can't even recognise it anymore why not just create something new instead of calling something Wizard of Oz then making a World War 2 biopic or something. I'm all for creative reimagining's and thought provoking "what if's" like what if Romeo and Juliet or The Great Gatsby was set in the modern day, that's cool but that has to come from a place of creativity, passion and art not contemporary politics and trends.
BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 7/28/2023, 3:09 AM
@incredibleTalk - that would actually be a great re-imagining if she was a drug dealer. Her name would fit so well and avoid the western beauty standards brainwashing they're trying to avoid.
wesc100
wesc100 - 7/28/2023, 4:54 AM
@Chaos200 - you can’t recognize Disneys Snow White because the dwarfs that are named after their personalities aren’t actual dwarfs? This is why I think you guys are slow.
Chaos200
Chaos200 - 7/28/2023, 5:29 AM
@wesc100 - When the scenes without Snow White come up and you just have the "dwarfs" in the cave not looking like dwarfs but looking like a bunch of hipsters of different races and genders without their vapes and skateboards, yep, no one would recognise that shit.
Scarilian
Scarilian - 7/27/2023, 11:52 PM
It's Disney who should be blamed. They are actively race or sex swapping characters under the excuse of representation but are unwilling to actively support an underrepresented group by adapting it properly.
NGFB
NGFB - 7/27/2023, 11:54 PM
There are no original ideas anymore. "Reimagined" is just a poorly thought out remake in order to virtue signal and make a quick buck.
dracula
dracula - 7/28/2023, 12:20 AM
@NGFB - “ virtue signal”

While also stealing roles from a marginalized group who really are still treated no differently than they were in the black and white era
Mrtoke
Mrtoke - 7/27/2023, 11:56 PM
Yeah let’s not use his recognizable ring name
EgoEgor
EgoEgor - 7/27/2023, 11:58 PM
There's a snow white movie too?

Oh boy.

As for the actor and Dinklage, I guess i can get both sides of the argument.
Mrtoke
Mrtoke - 7/28/2023, 12:04 AM
Reminding those that don’t agree with me but 2019s lion king was an animated movie
dracula
dracula - 7/28/2023, 12:17 AM
Doubt any of the people defending it can actually give a good reason why it should be changed

This guy sure couldnt


All he did was agree and disagree based on who was saying it and failed to actually state a true opinion of which side he is on


Sides with this guy because he is a dwarf but cant side with both him and peter dinklage
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 7/28/2023, 12:35 AM
@dracula - This guy they had on trying to defend it was an absolute moron.

He contradicted himself so many time and would change his stance repeatedly because he knew what he was saying was insulting to and not inclusive of dwarfs. He KNEW his side was bullshit, but he kept trying to defend it anyway. And he was more concerned with insulting Piers Morgan than actually making any sense in his argument. Because there really is no way to defend this.

Something Dylan or Piers says is dead on. "Only gays can play gay characters, and only trans people can or people with actual disabilities can play characters that are trans or disabled, but as soon as 7 roles come around that are dwarfs, suddenly it's okay to change those characters so real life dwarfs can't play them. And that's okay how?"

This shows the absolute hypocrisy of these hard-core, zealot-like leftists.

I've said it many times and I'll say it again. If a character is an already established character in some form of media, then leave them alone. Don't race swap them. Dont gender swap them. Don't change them in any way, because then people have no real argument to stand on. You're just faithfully adapting the character. But as soon as you start making changes you will inevitably piss off one group of fans or the other. Why would you want that?

It's like businesses getting involved in controversial social issues. Bud Light is a prime example. If you publicly take sides all its going to do is piss off people on the other side and you're going to lose customers. Period. It's a bad decision all around.
jst5
jst5 - 7/28/2023, 3:14 AM
@dracula - That's the same scum that once said "pedo's are just misunderstood" this dude no doubt has a file of child poor somewhere in his house.
Radders
Radders - 7/31/2023, 8:41 AM
@dracula - It was so funny when he would agree with what Dylan said but disagree when Piers said exactly the same thing - a disingenuous hypocrite
McGee
McGee - 7/28/2023, 1:05 AM
That porn parody though, am I right?
Chaos200
Chaos200 - 7/28/2023, 2:53 AM
@McGee - It's wild, porn parody's are becoming more accurate than these official adaptations.
KaptainKhaos
KaptainKhaos - 7/28/2023, 1:18 AM
My fan cast for the Seven Dwarves:

Warwick Davis: Doc
Wee Man: Dopey
Tony Cox: Grumpy
Danny Woodburn: Happy
Dylan Postl: Sneezy
Hasbulla Magomedov: Bashful
Deep Roy: Sleepy

Now, everyone log off, touch some grass and go watch Time Bandits
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