"Never successful a cardinal years did I ideate that this would beryllium a anticipation for me," Rachel explained to Andrew Garfield during Variety's Actors connected Actors successful January 2022. "You don't usually spot Snow Whites that are of Latin descent. Even though Snow White is truly a large woody successful Spanish-speaking countries. Blanca Nieves is simply a immense icon whether you're talking astir the Disney cartoon oregon conscionable antithetic iterations and the Grimm fairy communicative and each the stories that travel with it."

She added, "But you don't peculiarly spot radical who look similar maine oregon are maine playing roles similar that. When it was announced, it was a immense happening that was trending connected Twitter for days, due to the fact that each of the radical were angry."

And erstwhile the West Side Story alum was archetypal confirmed to beryllium taking connected the titular relation successful June 2021, Snow White manager Marc Webb heaped endless praise her way.

"Rachel's bonzer vocal abilities are conscionable the opening of her gifts," helium told Deadline astatine the time. "Her strength, quality and optimism volition go an integral portion of rediscovering the joyousness successful this classical Disney fairytale."

As for Rachel, she celebrated the quality by resharing a 2017 station of hers, successful which she was dressed as Ariel from The Little Mermaid connected stage, writing, "I wanna beryllium a existent Disney princess."