Rachel Zegler still can’t believe she’s starring inWest Side Story!
The actress, 19, shared a video on Monday of her reaction to watching the first trailer forSteven Spielberg’s upcoming film remake of the beloved musical in which she stars as Maria alongsideAnsel Elgort’s Tony.
In the vlog posted to her YouTube channel, Zegler is nearly speechless as she watches the opening sequence of the trailer.
She then gasps as her character and Elgort’s character were shown for the first time, at a school dance catching eyes for one another across the room.
Throughout the 90-second trailer, all she can say is “Oh my god!” while she takes in the iconic scenes brought back to life on screen.
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“Oh my god, I’m in a movie!” she screams as the trailer comes to a close.
In the next clip, Zegler is crying as she processes seeing herself in her feature film debut.
“I just don’t know what to say,” she says. “I FaceTimed Steven [Spielberg] right after [watching the trailer] and I was just like, ‘Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for changing my life.’
She laughs as she adds, “And then he was like ‘Why didn’t you tell me you were in L.A.? We could have watched it together!’ There’s so much I could say. I don’t have the words.”
“It just feels real now that I made something and people are going to see it. And it’s something that I’m really, really proud of. I had such a beautiful time making it,” she concludes.
The trailer aired on Sunday night during the93rd Academy Awards.
Zegler shared her initial excitement over news of the trailer’s premiere on Saturday in a series of tweets. “Currently sobbing in bed because life is about to get real tomorrow. Thank you for sharing these past few years of in-between with me,” Zegler wrote.
Another tweet featured a throwback photo of the teenage star posing beside a sign for theWest Side Storymusical show that she participated in when she was younger. “I am thinking about her,” she wrote.
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Spielberg’s adaptation ofWest Side Storywill hit theaters on December 10, 2021.
source: people.com
