Rachel Zegler Wows On The Cover Of Town & Country

Rachel Zegler has landed her first magazine cover! The young actress is on the cover of the September issue of Town & Country to promote her upcoming movie, West Side Story.

On deciding she wanted to act professionally during her first role in a production of Fiddler on the Roof: “That’s when I kind of took a step back and was like,’ I think I could do this for the rest of my life.’ That’s a weird moment to have when you’re 12, but I did. I had that moment. I was like, ‘I’m going to do it, and I won’t rest until I do.'”

On not trying to recreate the 1961 version of West Side Story: “We’re not trying to recreate, frame for frame, the 1961 film. That film exists as this incredible piece of pop culture that everyone has seen and been affected by in some way. I don’t think any of us would ever try to recreate that. There are things to improve on and things to address. It’s such a cultural phenomenon, that film and the musical in general.”

On examining her life at this very moment: “I haven’t done any other film projects, but I’m constantly pinch-ing myself—there’s no way this is my life. That comes with a lot of gratitude and a lot of anxiety and a lot of impostor syndrome. I do have moments when I’m like, ‘I am worthy, and I got this job for a reason.’ But then it immediately fades into, ‘Oh god, Helen Mirren!'”

You can check out even more from her interview here. West Side Story opens in theaters on December 10.