Fans of Snow White, or any Disney movie for that matter, are familiar with the common storyline of a woman needing a man. After all, die-hard Disney fans know everything about its princesses. With the remake, director Marc Webb is looking to change that. “Even though she’s the original Disney princess and we love her so much, [she’s been] criticized for existing solely for a prince, existing solely to be rescued,” Rachel Zegler, who plays Snow White in the remake, told BuzzFeed. “And I think that our director, Marc Webb, and everyone who’s working on this film has really taken her narrative and turned it into something that’s a lot stronger.”
That shift in the story brings an even bigger change to the lead male role. While specifics have not yet been released, we do know that the role will not be of the prince, as we saw in the original movie, or of the huntsman, who was the main focus in 2012’s remake (via Metro U.K.). Instead, the new male role will be something entirely new, created solely for this new remake. Playing this lead is Andrew Burnap, who may be a new name to many.
