“It’s an 85-year-old cartoon, and our version is a refreshing ... for her breakout role as María in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, which she filmed while 17 years old.

AP “When I was in the running for Maria in ‘West Side Story,’ they kept calling ... Zegler told “Extra,” “The original cartoon came out in 1937 and very evidently so.

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 ...

“When I was in the running for María in ‘West Side Story,’ they kept calling ... blue-dress Cinderella from the 1950s cartoon is also Cinderella. Also, Hilary Duff is Cinderella in ...

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From Rachel Zegler to Ansel Elgort, meet the 2021 'West Side Story' cast compared to their 1961 counterparts West Side Story first graced the big screen in 1961. In 2021, Steven Spielberg became ...