Rachel Zegler was nearly cut from Snow White as Disney execs fear controversial Trump comments could harm the film

Rachel Zegler's estimation arsenic a 'loose cannon' meant she was astir axed from her pb relation successful Snow White, according to sources who assertion that Disney bosses person viewed the histrion arsenic a 'nightmare'.

The 23-year-old starlet plays the titular relation successful the live-action remake, owed to beryllium released successful March 2025. 

While Zegler's beardown opinions person sparked backlash successful the past, her latest outburst seems acceptable to derail the merchandise aft she publically slammed Donald Trump voters - who person present vowed to boycott the film.

Though the young histrion has since issued an apology for hoping that 'Trump voters and Trump himself ne'er cognize peace', the wave of fury sparked by her remark has near workplace bosses furious that is is 'too late' to region her from the project.

Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com, an insider explained: 'They would emotion to beryllium capable to archer her to halt talking, but it is simply excessively late.

'They had talked astir removing Rachel from the relation respective times erstwhile it was shooting successful 2022.'

The insider added: 'She is simply a escaped cannon and caused issues during the accumulation due to the fact that she didn’t hold with however the movie crippled strayed from the classical movie's plot.'

Noting that the histrion could simply person turned down the relation if she had truthful galore issues with the plot, the insider continued: 'She work the script. If she didn’t similar it past she should person not taken it. It wasn’t until aft the movie was wrapped that she truly started creating drama. 

'She has been a nightmare but determination is thing they tin bash to power what she says. Everyone is well-aware of however hard she is. '

The insider explained however workplace bosses were hoping that Zegler's outbursts could inactive enactment successful their favour arsenic they added: 'Right now, it is mode excessively precocious to shelve the film. As overmuch arsenic radical deliberation that her caller comments and controversies volition wounded the film, it is not apt the case. 

'If anything, it generates much publicity and attraction to the film, which leads to accrued summons sales. The movie is Snow White, and it could truly merchantability with anyone successful the lead.'

Following Donald Trump's resounding predetermination win last week, Zegler shared a bid of devastated messages with her 2.3million followers.

'I find myself speechless successful the midst of this,' she said. 'May Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself ne'er cognize peace.

'Another 4 years of hatred, leaning america towards a satellite I bash not privation to unrecorded in. Leaning america towards a satellite that volition beryllium hard to rise my girl in.'

She continued: 'There is simply a heavy sickness successful this country... shown successful the sheer magnitude of radical who showed up for this antheral who threatens our democracy.  

'It is terrifying the fig of radical who basal down what this antheral preaches.'

Zegler described the enactment for Trump arsenic a 'foolish subscription to a mendacious consciousness of security, masculinity, intelligence, patriotism and humanity.'

She past took purpose astatine billionaire Elon Musk, who became 1 of Trump's astir outspoken - and generous - donors passim his campaign.

'Get disconnected of Elon's app,' she told her followers. 'I don't usage that app for a reason. He helped get that antheral elected and you're giving him business.'

Hours aft her comments went viral, Zegler returned to Instagram to publically apologize, admitting: 'I fto my emotions get the champion of me.

'Hatred and choler person caused america to determination further and further distant from bid and understanding, and I americium atrocious I contributed to the antagonistic discourse.'

Megyn Kelly was among her astir vocal critics, urging Disney to 'redo your movie again... This pistillate is simply a pig and you fired Gina Garano for acold little than this nonsense.'

Zegler said successful her apology that 'this week has been affectional for truthful galore of us.'

'I firmly judge that everyone has the close to their opinion, adjacent erstwhile it differs from my own. I americium committed to contributing positively toward a amended tomorrow.' 

A 2nd root noted that Zegler's astir caller headline-making outburst has near bosses fearing for the interaction it volition person connected the film's success.

'It has conscionable been 1 catastrophe aft another,' the root lamented. 'And present that she has called retired Donald Trump, Disney execs and those who are supporting the movie are present frightened that a immense assemblage volition steer wide from the movie arsenic their ain boycott, costing the movie tons of money.'

The root continued: 'Bosses would emotion their stars, particularly Rachel, to not origin immoderate much controversies, but everyone volition beryllium holding their enactment arsenic we get person to the merchandise date.'

Explaining the imaginable metallic lining amid the existent unreality connected controversy, the root noted: 'The 1 redeeming grace for the movie is that it inactive has the Disney instrumentality down it, it is simply a communicative that has been astir everlastingly and beloved and it comes retired against thing successful peculiar that should spot distant astatine their container bureau potential. So, it could beryllium saved.'

The Hunger Games histrion antecedently criticized David Hand's 1937 archetypal animated film arsenic 'extremely dated erstwhile it comes to the ideas of women being successful roles of powerfulness and what a pistillate is acceptable for successful the world.'

'The archetypal cartoon came retired successful 1937, and precise evidently so,' Rachel scoffed to Extra TV successful 2022.

'There's a large absorption connected her emotion communicative with a feline who virtually stalks her. Weird. So we didn't bash that this time.'

That aforesaid year, Zegler told Variety that her mentation of Snow White would beryllium dreaming astir becoming a 'fearless leader' alternatively than 'dreaming astir existent love.'

She waded into yet different 3rd obstruction contented earlier this twelvemonth aft adding a Free Palestine hashtag to a station sharing the archetypal trailer for the hotly-anticipated movie.

That stoked rumors of imaginable issues with co-star Gal Gadot, an Israeli histrion who plays the evil queen and who has served successful the IDF.