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'There's no one way to be Latina': Rachel Zegler does stardom her way with 'West Side Story'

Patrick Ryan
USA TODAY

When Rachel Zegler was 16, she was cast as Maria in a local production of “West Side Story” in Englewood, New Jersey.

It was four or five months before she auditioned for the same role in Steven Spielberg’s dazzling new adaptation (in theaters Friday), which reimagines the star-crossed love story between a white boy (Ansel Elgort) and Puerto Rican girl (Zegler) in 1950s Manhattan.
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‘West Side Story’: In Spielberg’s hands, the classic musical feels wonderful, witty and bright
The reboot pulsates with life, thanks to the director’s artistry and a sensational cast led by Rachel Zegler in a starmaking feature debut as Maria.

By Richard Roeper

When Steven Spielberg was filming “Jaws” in 1974 (for a 1975 release), we were just 13 years past the release of the iconic and acclaimed blockbuster “West Side Story.” Flash forward nearly a half-century, and the young man who overcame all those problems with Bruce the mechanical shark back in the 1970s to kick off his feature film career has achieved unquestioned status as one of the greatest and most successful directors in the history of cinema — and at the age of 74, Spielberg has pulled off a magnificent feat in delivering one of the greatest reboots of all time.
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Review: ‘West Side Story’ 2021 is a Dazzling Take on a Classic Story

By Rebecca Murray

Rachel Zegler sings like an angel and Ansel Elgort tries his best to keep up in Steven Spielberg’s lavish remake of the romantic musical West Side Story. Zegler’s Maria and Elgort’s Tony are presented in all versions of West Side Story as the central characters since, after all, they are the star-crossed lovers whose romance propels the plot. But in the 2021 film it’s the two Anitas – 2021’s Anita, Ariana DeBose and 1961’s Anita, Rita Moreno (in a new role) – who deliver show-stopping performances.
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