Served 2 yrs. in Israeli army: Gal Gadot to play Evil Queen in Disney Snow White remake
Israeli actress Gal Gadot is in the final negotiations to be cast as the Evil Queen in Disney’s live-action Snow White remake, as reported Wednesday by online industry site Deadline.
Gadot, who plays the main character in Wonder Woman, will play the Evil Queen in Disney’s live-action Snow White remake.
The classic Disney cartoon Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs came out in 1937 and is regarded as one of the greatest animated features of all time.
It was Disney’s first full-length animated movie and was a huge success. The new version will add to the story and also feature some new music.
However, Godat served two years of mandatory military service in the Israeli army and her time there has stirred up controversy in the past.
She once shared a message of support for the Israeli occupation forces on her Facebook page during Israel's aggression on the Gaza Strip in 2014, which saw at least 2,200 Palestinians killed, 20,000 homes destroyed and up to 500,000 Gaza residents displaced.
In 2017, Lebanon banned Wonder Woman from cinemas, because it was played by an Israeli actress.
The Lebanese interior ministry banned the film hours before its release, on a recommendation from the General Security directorate.
Israeli forces have detained and kidnapped more than 23,000 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and eastern Jerusalem since the start of the Gaza genocide, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, which warns of escalating abuses, mass arrests of women and children, and thousands held under enforced disappearance.
US President Donald Trump has been making key decisions about the assault in Iran in a slapdash manner without input from his advisers, and was eager for a ceasefire to address rising fuel prices, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has submitted a formal denunciation to Sri Lankan authorities against an Israeli-American soldier over his “involvement in war crimes” in the Gaza Strip, including the “unlawful destruction” of civilian infrastructure. It is the first such case filed against an American citizen outside the US.