Rachel Zegler has recalled the shocking request made by “white executives” when she was in the running to play Maria in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story.
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Critics claimed that Zegler should not play a character who is referred to as having “skin as white as snow.”
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“When I was in the running for Maria in West Side Story, they kept calling to ask if I was legit.