Disney’s casting of Rachel Zegler as Snow White.In 2021, it was announced that the West Side Story actor had been cast as the iconic princess in the 2024 live-action adaptation of Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.Following the leak of “misleading” set photos earlier this month, many have criticised the decision to cast Zegler – a Latina woman – in the role, and Shapiro has now shared his own comments.“Her name is Snow White. Now you may consider that racist, but that’s also the name of the actual fairytale,” the conservative commentator said on his radio show, The Ben Shapiro Show.Quoting a description from the original 1937 movie, he read: “‘Skin as white as snow.’ That’s literally in her name, that’s why she has her name.”Shapiro described Zegler, who is of Colombian and American descent, as a “very talented person”, before continuing: “It’s weird casting, you might say.