I want to be charitable and say movies like "The Gnome Mobile" and "Darby O'Gill" etc., not to mention the Lord of the Rings/Hobbit movies had regular size actors playing gnomes and dwarves. It's pretty rare for movies with fantasy dwarves to hire exclusively people with dwarfism or midgets, like Wizard of Oz, Time Bandits, Willow, etc. but I think it's a lot more interesting when they do as it shows a lot more effort went in to finding actors to fit the part.
Disney dropped the ball on offering up an opportunity to create 7 new Billy Barties, Warwick Davises, or Peter Dinklages. Not only was this a decision that stirred up more controversy than there would have been otherwise, but it also already cost them a lot of money in terms of reshoots, and then on top of that changing their minds and papering it all over with CGI. I'm sure it'll cost them in terms of box office, especially when compounded with Zegler's big mouth. Between the two of them, I'm sure Dinklage and Zegler have guaranteed that this movie won't make its money back. In fact, they may have cost Disney hundreds of millions of dollars, simply by offering their opinions.
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DoctorThirteen (14182)
6 days ago
'Between the two of them, I'm sure Dinklage and Zegler have guaranteed that this movie won't make its money back. In fact, they may have cost Disney hundreds of millions of dollars, simply by offering their opinions.'
That's a sobering thought.
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Boromir (10059)
4 days ago
The great sin of Zegler is less her political opinion but rather her decision to insult half of the potential audience by threatening Republican voters. She appears completely indifferent to the countless people who worked on the film and to those who paid her an exorbitantly high salary.
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