Bounding Into Comics Reports: According to the latest ‘whistles‘ on the digital streets, in hoping to undo at least some of the damage done by star Rachel Zegler’s very public denigration of the film’s source material, Disney is currently moving to trim her Snow White screen time by adding in a new subplot focused specifically on the titular princess’ childhood.

This rumor was first raised to the public on January 23rd courtesy of rising entertainment industry commentator and That Park Place editor WDW Pro.

Per information first relayed to him by an alleged insider source, in light of the Zegler’s star fading among audiences thanks to her aforementioned history of trashing every aspect of Disney’s original animated take on Snow White, the House of Mouse is presently working to “soften” the public’s perception of the princess’ live-action incarnation.

However, rather than do so by way of reshooting the film with a new actress or having Zegler attempt to portray a more traditional version of the princess – the former being considered unfeasible due to its costs and the latter because audiences would rightly find such a heel turn too unbelievable – Disney will instead attempt to salvage the live-action Snow White’s image with a new story beat centered on her younger self and brought to life by a completely separate actress.

To this end, as relayed by WDW Pro, “Disney has hired a young actress to play Snow White as a child.”

“The idea is to cut time out of Zegler’s performance, show Snow White as a cute little kid, and soften the character with flashbacks and/or major origin story portion at the beginning of the film,” he further recapped of his source’s information. “Of course, edits have not begun for these scenes as we believe they’re not shot yet, so things could change.”