Last week Peter Dinklage blasted Disney for making a live-action remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, calling it “a f*cking backwards story about seven dwarves living in a cave” and adding “what the f*ck are you doing, man?”.
Disney immediately pooped their pants in terror and released a statement announcing they were taking “a different approach” to those seven characters after meeting with “culture consultants” and “members of the dwarfism community.”
A big W for Dinklage, but what about the many dwarf actors who could’ve got a paycheck out of his project? Well WWE legend Dylan Postl AKA Hornswoggle had something to say about that:
Oh! So take roles AWAY from the dwarf community?! Roles that are very few and far between as is.
That makes a whole lot of sense!
Hey Dinklage, you’re a god damned idiot. https://t.co/Cna2BdK1v3
— Dylan Postl (@DylanPostl) January 26, 2022
By the way, this is the same guy that starred in ELF and had no issue with it.
That paycheck “supported” the dwarfism community I’m sure.
— Dylan Postl (@DylanPostl) January 26, 2022
Also, they weren’t living in a cave, it was a house dumbass!
Don’t worry though, “Snow White and the 7 normal-sized humans” will connect GREAT with today’s society!
— Dylan Postl (@DylanPostl) January 26, 2022
He also gave this interview with TMZ:
Fair points really. Peter Dinklage is already very wealthy and well-known, but what about other struggling dwarf actors who want a chance at the same stardom/payday that he has? Work in Hollywood is hard enough to come by for dwarves as it is, so a remake of Snow White is exactly the sort of project they rely on.
Also, don’t straight actors get ripped all the time for portraying LGBT characters? Surely it’s the same thing to give the roles of dwarf characters to regular-sized people, or worse – to remove those roles from the story completely. Good for Hornswoggle for standing up for the dwarf community, especially against someone as influential as Dinklage. After all he never had a problem with dwarf roles when he was earning $1.2 million per episode on Game of Thrones, did he?
Anyway, hopefully this ends in a steel cage match between Peter Dinklage and Hornwoggle. Though I don’t fancy Dink’s chances:
