"I kept thinking, 'Do you want me to bring my abuelita in?'" the "Snow White" actress and singer says of her experience.

The Golden Globe winner recalled “having a bunch of white executives have you prove your identity to them” while auditioning for Steven Spielberg‘s 2021 West Side Story movie musical adaptation.

She starred as María in Steven Spielberg's 2021 remake of West Side Story. It comes as her new ... were the deciding factor in her being cast as Snow White, even though the Disney princess ...

Rachel Zegler claimed that “white executives” asked her to prove her Latin heritage during the casting process for “West Side Story ... Steven Spielberg’s 2021 film.

I’ll bring her into the studio,' " said the 'Snow White' actress Niko Tavernise; Pablo Cuadra/Getty For Rachel Zegler, getting a lead role in West Side Story ... casting in 2021, the actress ...

Playing the titular character is Rachel Zegler, who first shot to fame playing Maria in the remake of West Side Story back in 2021. And while the chance to be a Disney Princess is a dream ...

Back in 2021, Zegler starred as María ... Speaking to Allure for March’s cover story, Zegler spoke about her experience on West Side Story, including how studio executives “kept calling ...

The 23-year-old Latina actor, who will play Snow White in the forthcoming live-action remake, has revealed that she was repeatedly asked to prove her Colombian heritage to be cast as the Latina pr ...

The production’s choreography is also led by Patricia Delgado and Tony Award winner Justin Peck, who did the choreography for ...

At just 20 years old, she made a major debut in Steven Spielberg‘s 2021 remake of West Side ... role of Maria alongside this amazing cast. West Side Story was the first musical I encountered ...

Zegler shared that “a bunch of white executives” asked her to “prove [her] identity to them” multiple times while casting Steven Spielberg’s 2021 West Side Story remake. “There’s c ...