The director of Charlize Theron's new film, The Huntsman: Winter's War, has defended casting fully-sized actors to play dwarves.
British stars Sheridan Smith, Nick Frost and Rob Brydon all have dwarf roles in the new film, which is a follow-up to 2012's Snow White And The Huntsman.
The first film reportedly sparked plans for a protest march on Universal, while Danny Woodburn - an actor with dwarfism who appeared on Seinfield - told the New York Post that the issue was "akin to blackface".
Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, who directed The Huntsman: Winter's War, said the dwarf characters in the film were a "fantasy race" and he wanted to use actors who had appeared in the first film.
Speaking at the film's US premiere in Los Angeles, the Frenchman told the Press Association: "We were staying with the first movie. In the first movie it was about the actors who had been chosen to play the parts.
"We brought Nick back because he was part of the first movie. I was not like 'oh we're going to change that'. I just kept the same concept.
The owl kept very still for the gathered press
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