Steven Spielberg shares how he was able to craft a perfect cast for his upcoming adaptation of WestSideStory.
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"Once I found out that he had been ill and didn't tell anybody he was under the weather, I had him come back in five days later and retest," he recalls."And he got the part in the retest." Zegler, a New Jersey native whose mother is of Colombian descent, was a 17-year-old high school senior when she sent in videos of herself singing"Tonight" and"I Feel Pretty" to the open call. She had acclaimed musical theater experience and a popular YouTube channel, which featured videos of her singing, but no previous film experience, yet she wowed Spielberg enough that he ultimately made her his Maria.
"It just blossomed on the screen, and eventually, I said, 'She's Anita,'" Spielberg recalls of the performance.If you are using ad-blocking software, please disable it and reload the page.When it came to casting Bernardo, Maria's protective older brother -- a role which won George Chakiris a supporting actor Oscar for the 1961 adaptation -- Spielberg knew he needed a specific type.
"I saw him dance before he read for the part. And his dancing was off the charts," Spielberg recalls. "The way he could extend his body was just extraordinary... But it's when he read for the part of Riff that I knew I wanted to cast him."
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