Rachel Zegler Chats West Side Story & Fame With ALLURE

Rachel Zegler is featured in a new article for ALLURE magazine. The young actress is set to make her acting debut in the upcoming film, West Side Story, and sat down with the outlet to chat about it. Highlights from her interview are below.

On the upcoming premiere of West Side Story: “I don’t think there’s a way to prepare for [the West Side Story premiere] properly. I never imagined any of this happening in my life. So my prep is reminding myself who I once was, and that was a girl singing show tunes in her bedroom, hoping that people would subscribe to her YouTube channel. And I haven’t forgotten her ever since.”

On engaging on social media: “You’re handing people your personality and sometimes your innermost thoughts, which isn’t always the wisest. And I’ve learned from that in the past; they’ll use it against you.”

On advice she received from the film’s director, Steven Spielberg: “He’s in my phone as ‘Creative Sponsor.’ I can call for advice whenever I need it. He gave me a lot of advice the second I got the part. It started with, ‘Just don’t read what people have to say.'”

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