Colombian-American actress Rachel Zegler offers a different explanation for the origin of her character’s name. Snow White was not named after the colour of her skin, the star of Disney’s embattled remake has claimed. Rachel Zegler, 23, suggested the forthcoming feature film is based on “another version” of the original 1812 fairytale by the Brothers Grimm, which includes a line describing the princess that translates to: “Skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood and hair as black as ebony.
” In contrast to the text and original 1937 Disney animation, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , the actress has claimed in the reimagined live-action film, the princess received her name because of her “resilience”. In the original animation, as in the fairytale Schneewittchen , Snow White’s name is derived from her pale complexion, specifically referencing the description of “skin as white as snow”..