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Couple things -Regarding the history of the project, from what I remember ...
Very early (before Gerwig was even announced as having involvement), Dinklage made his comments and Disney responded by saying they had spoken to the little person community (I have no idea what is the current politically correct language) and was taking a "different approach" to the seven characters. Shortly after that, the guy playing the love interest was announced and the rumors were that he wasn't a prince, but instead a Robin Hood-like character and that his seven companions would be stand-ins for the role the Seven Dwarfs played in the animated film. Then the infamous photo leaked of the Seven Hobos of Benetton (which featured six full sized persons and one little person) - receiving a ton of ridicule. Shortly after that, the actor who played the little person in Captain Jack's crew in the Pirates movies made a comment at a comic con that he was playing Grumpy in the new film. Then Disney, who originally said the infamous photo was not real, backtracked and said it wasn't an official production photo and that the image was featuring stand-ins. Then there was anonymous rumors that the film did not have seven dwarfs, but instead, there would be seven non-dwarfs who each would turn into one of seven "magical creatures." Then the actress made her stupid comments and there was the really bad backlash. And then maybe like a month later (it could have been longer) Disney came out with the image of the actress dancing with some CGI dwarfs.
All of this could be researched in this very thread. The infamous image popped up on like Page 5 or 6.
1. Dinklage made his comments in 2022, as did Martin Klebba (little person from Pirates) made his statement about being Grumpy in 2022, and Greta Gerwig was involved in 2021. Everything else happened in 2023. So your timeline is a bit off.
2. While all of that was happening about the photo in 2023 early screenings were taking place at the exact same time, which confirms that dwarfs were part of the movie. This is what has been discussed in the last couple pages.