Disney says upcoming 'Snow White' remake will 'avoid reinforcing stereotypes' after Peter Dinklage calls it hypocritically 'woke'

• Peter Dinklage said there's "hypocrisy" in Disney's upcoming "Snow White" remake.
• He said casting a Latina star while making a "fucking backward story about seven dwarfs" isn't progressive.

Peter Dinklage said in a recent appearance on Marc Maron's "WTF" podcast that he was taken aback to see the upcoming live-action remake of "Snow White" be "very proud" to cast a Latina actor in the lead role while keeping the "backward story" of the seven dwarfs. And now Disney has responded.

The critical comments came during a podcast episode, released Monday, where the two stars discussed "hypocrisy" in Hollywood in regards to its efforts of progressiveness.

Disney responded, sending a statement to The Hollywood Reporter that read the company has been consulting "with members of the dwarfism community" during the pre-production process for the movie.

"To avoid reinforcing stereotypes from the original animated film, we are taking a different approach with these seven characters and have been consulting with members of the dwarfism community. We look forward to sharing more as the film heads into production after a lengthy development period," a spokesperson added in the statement.

During the podcast, Maron said the "Snow White" reboot was a "no-brainer" because the studio could "win by appearing to be progressive by casting a Latina" and "just run money through this story again."

"I don't think anybody has ever probably, other than what I just heard just now, said, 'You know, this is — the dwarf community is tired of this shit,'" Maron said.

"Is there one? I don't know," Dinklage said, adding: "It's such a minority. And I'm not affiliated with any groups or anything, but it's such a minority that it causes a real, like, 'Well, who the fuck cares?'"

You can read a transcript of the conversation between Dinklage and Maron here to see the actor's full criticism of the project.