'Snow White' Rachel Zegler: Hollywood's budding rose

Although she doesn't have 'skin as white as snow, lips as red as lipstick', the 'Snow White' with honey-colored skin, Rachel Zegler, is being sought after in Hollywood when participating in big, important projects recently.

The surprising appearance of 21-year-old Rachel Zegler in the hit musical West Side Story directed by Steven Spielberg is worth mentioning. This is a "remastered" version of the 1961 version. This is also an important work of 2021, receiving "a shower of compliments" from audiences and film critics, receiving 7 Oscar nominations, Rachel Zegler herself surprised everyone when she became the first Latina actress to win the Best Actress award (in the category of Comedy - Musical).

Rachel Zegler in West Side Story , considered one of the best musicals of the decade despite being released in 2021

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This March, she returned to the screen as Anthea, daughter of Atlas, in the superhero film Shazam! Fury of the Gods directed by David F. Sandberg. Although the film was a box office flop, it added to Rachel Zegler's acting credits, as it marked her collaboration with major studio filmmakers like DC Studios and Warner Bros.

Also this year, the actress born in 2001 appeared in another important work of Lionsgate, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes , directed by Francis Lawrence. She plays the main role in the film as Lucy Gray Baird. The film delves into the history of the deadly tournament, which took place decades before the events in the previous Hunger Games films . This work marks the first time that the female face representing the brand is not star Jennifer Lawrence but Rachel Zegler, and this is also a film that "cost" Lionsgate up to 100 million USD, considered a "gamble", or a challenging return of this brand after 8 years. The film is expected to be released on November 17.

The following year, she continued her voice in the animated film Spellbound directed by Vicky Jenson. This animated film was embroiled in copyright issues years ago. Finally, Rachel Zegler voiced the main character, Princess Ellian, who must break the curse to save her kingdom.

"Snow White" Rachel Zegler in the live-action Snow White movie

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The project received great attention from the moment the first information was released, Snow White by filmmaker Marc Webb, Rachel Zegler plays the main role of Snow White. Many controversies arose around... the skin color of the female artist because she is not "white skin and red lips" like Snow White who appeared in Disney's 1937 animated film. Recently, Disney released the first image of the project (in the post-production stage), once again receiving the attention of fans. The film is scheduled to be released on March 21, 2025.

Besides appearing in musical, sci -fi, animated and magical films, the beauty will soon participate in the disaster comedy Y2K directed by Kyle Mooney, which A24 "invested" in. The film's release date is currently unknown.

In just three years since her appearance in West Side Story , the acting doors have opened wide for Rachel Zegler. This Latin "rose" has collaborated with big, long-standing studios and played important roles, gaining the trust of directors.

 

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