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

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 ...

Ariana DeBose deletes post quoting criticism of West Side Story costar Rachel Zegler: 'I did not do any research' Rachel Zegler says she was asked by white execs if she was a 'legit' Latina in ...

When the casting announcement for “West Side Story” came out in 2019, the project drew some criticism, partly because of the 1961 film. “Life is all right in America if you’re all-white in ...

Later this week, she’ll return to the big screen for another iconic role as she portrays Snow White in ... March’s cover story, Zegler spoke about her experience on West Side Story, including ...

Rachel Zegler, Steven Spielberg’s Maria in “West Side Story,” has won her first Golden ... didn’t have any Black members and had ethical and financial problems. The HFPA has since made ...

Zegler, who stars as Snow White in the upcoming live-action adaptation for Disney, had her breakout role in Steven ...

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