Rachel Zegler has opened up about the struggle to feel secure in her Latina identity when being cast in her breakout role as ...

Rachel Zegler said an interview with Allure magazine that white studio executives repeatedly questioned her during the ...

Snow White’ actor said that ‘white executives’ questioned her Colombian heritage when she was being cast in ‘West Side Story’ ...

Zegler recalled the unsettling experience of being forced to prove your heritage to a room full of white executives.

From L: Rachel Zegler in West Side Story (2021) and in Segovia, Spain, on March 12, 2025 ...

Bernstein conducted his composition here for the first time. West Side Story being composed 30 years prior. Apprehensive at first, he quickly relishes the challenge. The orchestra and singers are ...

Rachel Zegler has revealed she was repeatedly asked to prove her Latina heritage when auditioning for West Side Story. The 23 ...

“When I was in the running for María in ‘West Side Story,’ they kept calling to ask if I was legit ... The star went on to ...

Star of Snow White remake claims executives ‘kept calling to ask if I was legit’ ahead of her being cast as Maria in West ...

After moving to New York at 16, she was cast as Velma in the Broadway production of West Side Story. She would later be one of six actors from the original Broadway cast to appear in the 1961 film.