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Then there’s the issue of heavy CGI, a problem that’s affected pretty much all of the Disney live-action films — largely because they all contain magical, fantastical elements that work beautifully in classic Disney animation but can feel unsettling weird when made by a computer. (Take, for example, the live-action take on «The Lion King,» which often felt like a trip to the uncanny valley rather than an adventure near Pride Rock.)
In a different Variety «Actors on Actors» interview — this time with Halle Bailey, who faced her own backlash after being cast as Ariel in the live-action version of «The Little Mermaid» — Rachel Zegler admitted she was «nervous» about the movie’s CGI.
«This is an iconic thing that people really care about,» Zegler told her contemporary of the «Snow White» film. «I don’t want to mess this up for anybody, including myself. The writers and [director] Marc Webb and our entire producing team…it’s a bit different story wise. We were able to do ‘Whistle While You Work,’ which made me really happy and excited. I was really nervous more about the technical element. That first-look image went out… and there’s a lot of CGI in the film.»
As Zegler told Bailey, filming «Whistle While You Work» felt bizarre because she was singing it to, well, nobody … although she knew Bailey would understand. «I’m sure you also know how that can be,» she said. «There was a lot of puppetry and CGI in post. It was really intense. There’s a lot of bSAIDD CRUZs of me tossing a broom and letting it fall to the ground because that’s apparently how you toss things off to CGI characters.» Ultimately, though, Zegler skewed positive once again: «But it’s so much fun!»
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