Rachel Zegler Says White 'West Side Story' Execs Questioned Whether She Was a 'Legit' Latina
Rachel Zegler said her ethnic background was put into question during the casting process for "West Side Story," during which ...
Rachel Zegler Says 'White Executives' 'Kept Calling to Ask if I Was Legit' Latina During West Side Story Casting
Rachel Zegler recalled the feeling of 'having a bunch of white executives have you prove your identity to them' during her ...
Rachel Zegler hits back at ‘white executives’ who questioned her Latina heritage during ‘West Side Story’ casting
There’s confusion because I don’t have a single ounce of Latin in my name,” the actress, whose mother is Colombian, told ...
Rachel Zegler says "white executives" kept asking her to "prove" ethnicity for West Side Story
As Zegler has experienced firsthand, the attacks on DEI initiatives in this country aren’t going away any time soon. “My only ...
'Snow White's Rachel Zegler Says White 'West Side Story' Executives Questioned Her Latin Heritage
The 'Snow White' actress recalls having to deal with "white executives" who called into question whether she was truly ...
Snow White star Rachel Zegler says she had to 'prove Latin ethnicity' to 'white movie executives'
Rachel Zegler has said she faced a grilling over the legitimacy of her ethnicity by “white executives” when initially in the ...
Rachel Zegler slams ‘white executives’ who asked her to ‘prove’ her Latin heritage for ‘West Side Story’ role
The “Snow White” actress, 23, opened up about being repeatedly questioned over her identity ahead of landing the part in ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency3y
Jews were the creative forces behind ‘West Side Story’ decades ago and today. Should they be?
“West Side Story” became one of the ... and author of the 2014 book “The Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical.” “Puerto Ricans, Black Americans, people of color become the ...
Opinion
Rachel Zegler Calls Out White Studio Execs for Questioning Her Latina Identity During West Side Story Auditions
Rachel Zegler is no stranger to navigating Hollywood’s murky waters, but even she wasn’t prepared for the barrage of questions about her identity during the audition process for Steven Spielberg’s… ...