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Gal Gadot is reveling in her role as the Evil Queen in Disney’s live-action SNOW WHITE.
“I had a lot of fun bringing her to life and portraying this delicious character,” Gadot said. “I think for me, in order to find ways to connect to her and to love her, I couldn’t just play her as just a mean and bad character because she just wants more power.”
Gadot viewed the Evil Queen as a vulnerable and insecure person.
“She was a little bit misunderstood, and that’s what motivates her. She thinks that with her beauty she will be loved and granted power, but it’s not the way to go, Evil Queen,” she acknowledged.
The queen’s companion, the magic mirror, only adds to her insecurities.
“The magic mirror… kind of fuels the ego for the queen. As long as the queen gets reassured by the magic mirror that she’s the fairest of them all, then she’s fine,” the WONDER WOMAN actress said. “But as soon as the answer is different, then she’s completely broken and raged and unhinged and losing it.”
Gadot enjoyed the opportunity to work with talented artists behind the movie.
“We’ve had such an incredible creative team on the film between Benj Pasek and Justin Paul working on the music, having Mandy Moore, who’s just like—they’re all such a dream come to be working with, and they really elevated the film to the best version of what it could be,” Gadot said.
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“It was amazing. I still pinch myself,” the WONDER WOMAN said. “It’s such an honor and such a privilege to be able to play such an iconic character like the evil queen.”
Amid concerns that the movie would be a “woke” version of the classic cartoon, Movieguide®’s overall conclusion for SNOW WHITE is it’s “more conservative and Christian than ‘woke.’” Part of the review reads:
The new SNOW WHITE is delightful, funny, exciting, and wholesome. It’s very entertaining. Most of the new songs are lovely. The opening song, “Good Things Grow,” is really good. Also, as Snow White, Rachel Zegler has a great singing voice. She does a wonderful job with “Whistle While You Work” and there’s lots of chemistry between her and Andrew Bernap, who plays Jonathan, even when they sing a nice romantic duet. Not as much time is spent on the dwarfs as in the original, but the character of Dopey has been enhanced with a delightful character arc. Finally, Gal Godot does an excellent job as the Evil Queen. Her transition scene into the old hag is marvelous.
Crooked Media’s Matt DeGroot wrote, “Despite becoming an internet punching bag, Disney’s remake of Snow White is actually mostly successful! Rachel Zegler (Snow White) is an absolute star, (most of) the new songs are catchy and beautifully performed, and the visual palette is sumptuous and vibrant. Gal Gadot had beautiful gowns.”
The movie premiered last weekend and opened to $43 million domestically and $87.3 million globally.
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