Zegler recalled the unsettling experience of being forced to prove your heritage to a room full of white executives.
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Rachel Zegleris still shocked by some of her experiences throughout theWest Side Storycasting process.
I remember thinking, ‘Do you want me to bring my abuelita in?’
Rachel Zegler in ‘West Side Story’.Credit:Niko Tavernise/20th Century Studios
I’ll bring her into the studio if you want to meet her."
But she looks back on the casting process for that breakout role with some mixed feelings.
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Rachel Zegler in ‘Snow White’.Courtesy of Disney
Zegler was born to a Colombian American mother and Polish American father.
But fans will get to see Zegler next as Snow White, Disney’s first princess.
She recently revealed that herWest Side Storydirector has a lot to do withher casting in the live-action remake.
