EXCLUSIVE: 'Peter Dinklage just put seven of us out of a job!' Dwarf actors' fury at Disney for canceling seven dwarves from Snow White remake because the woke multimillionaire Game of Thrones star said they were offensive
Dwarf actors Dylan Postl, Jeff Brooks and Katrina Kemp told DailyMail.com it was the wrong move for Disney to cancel the roles of the seven dwarves in its Snow White remake
The movie studio said it was 'rethinking' them after Peter Dinklage called the story and roles 'backwards'
Dinklage made $1.2million per episode of Game of Thrones - some actors are calling him 'selfish' for his comments on the Snow White movie
Postl was the leprechaun on WWE for 10 years and was in The Muppets - said he is begging Disney for the role
'Peter Dinklage may be the biggest dwarf actor of all time but it doesn't make him King Dwarf', Postl said
Kemp, who was in GLOW on Netflix, said the issue is far more complex than Disney is allowing it to be
She said writing characters out of the remake entirely does more damage than casting anyone in them
Jeff Brooks, 62, said he has never been offended by the story throughout his 30-year career as an actor
By Jennifer Smith, Chief Reporter For Dailymail.Com
Published: 13:13 EST, 28 January 2022 | Updated: 15:58 EST, 28 January 2022
Dwarf actors have reacted furiously to Disney canceling the seven dwarves from its Snow White remake after Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage called them offensive, saying the decision robs them of work and the chance to fulfil what for some is a dream role.
Speaking to DailyMail.com after Disney's decision to 'rethink' the characters, multiple actors and agents said there are plenty who would have happily accepted the jobs that Dinklage - a Golden Globe winner who was paid $1.2million per episode of Game of Thrones - said were 'backwards'.
The actors say Dinklage is not the authority on what the community as a whole finds offensive and that in canceling the roles, Disney has done far more damage to them than good.
Some are now begging Disney to bring the parts back and are begging for the chance to audition for them.
'It makes me so sick to my stomach to think that there are seven roles for dwarfs that can't get normal acting roles, or very few and far between roles, and now they are gone because of this guy.
'Peter Dinklage is the biggest dwarf actor probably of all time but it doesn't make him king dwarf,' Dylan Postl, who played Hornswoggle the leprechaun in WWE for 10 years and has also acted in The Muppets, told DailyMail.com.
'When he was cast as a little person role in Lord of the Rings or in a Game of Thrones or in Elf or this that or the other thing... those checks cashed just fine.
'He had no issue then. But now he wants to be progressive? Come on man.'
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