Three years ago, Rachel Zegler was an ordinary high school girl.
Performing on a small stage in school,
As a tourist to visit the Oscar red carpet,
Occasionally, I also make a meme.
But today, her routine has become something like this:
On the cover of a magazine,
Become a movie heroine,
Invited to attend the Met Gala,
All kinds of dreams that were impossible before are now realized.
In 2017, after performing a mermaid on the high school stage, she tweeted: I want to be a real Disney princess.
Then this year, she was selected by Disney to play the live-action version of Snow White!
Four years ago, he auditioned for West End Stories at a local theater, and today she's the heroine of Spielberg's new version of West End Stories!
Rachel, 20, whose father is of Polish descent and works for a construction company, has Colombian ancestry and is a housewife.
Rachel grew up in New Jersey and still lives with his parents.
Since she was a child, she liked to sing and perform, so in high school, Rachel often performed musicals at school.
At that time, her drama teacher found that the child was very talented in acting, and at that time, she called her mother and asked if she would contact the agent she knew.
But at the time, Rachel's mother refused, "Let her enjoy her high school life." ”
But she seemed to be destined to take this road, and she couldn't stop it.
In January 2018, Rachel was 16 years old and still in high school.
At the time, her friend saw a tweet that Spielberg was openly recruiting for a new film's lead role.
She felt that Rachel was quite suitable, so she casually forwarded it to her, and attached a joke: After becoming famous, don't forget to thank me!
Because this is a song and dance love movie, singing skills are very important.
That night, Rachel recorded two songs from the "West End Story" musical "I Feel Pretty" and "Tonight" at home and sent them to the production team.
It was these two songs that made her stand out from the crowd of 30,000 applicants.
Spielberg listened directly to crying.
Hearing her sing "Tonight," I burst into tears, not just me, but everyone next to me. ”
In this way, when Rachel was 17 years old in high school, he successfully got the opportunity to play the heroine María in Spielberg's new film "West End Story".
At the time, Rachel's time to make a new movie coincided with the time of the high school campus performance.
Because the campus performance was scheduled early, and she also wanted to perform.
So after she was successfully selected, her first question she asked Spielberg was: Can I continue to perform the musical "Shrek" in high school?
Spielberg said: "Of course! ”
Therefore, in order to allow Rachel to complete the performance in high school, the rehearsal of the film was postponed.
And the film completely changed Rachel's life plan.
She had already planned to go to college, and the school had already accepted.
But because of the film, she had to write to the head of recruitment at Montclair State University: "I know it sounds like a lie, but it's the real thing, and that's why I can't report it." ”
And Rachel's star path did not stop here.
After making Spielberg's new film,
DC Universe's superhero blockbuster Thunder Shazam! "Wrath of the Gods" asked her to be the lead actor again.
Later, the director of Disney's live-action version of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" also took a fancy to her and directly gave her the role of Snow White.
But because of her skin color problems, after the news spread, she was questioned a lot.
In response, film director Marc Webb said: Rachel's extraordinary voice is just the beginning of her talent, and her strength, wisdom, and optimism will become a necessary part of rediscovering the fun of this Classic Disney fairy tale.
Rachel himself said that the live-action version of Snow White would be more powerful than the fairy tale.
"Although in the original version, we all loved her, but she was also criticized for 'existing only for the prince' and 'existing only for the salvation'."
"This time, the director and his team will make her stronger."
Whether it is questioning or praising, the showbiz industry's attention to Rachel has reached a peak.
At this time, she was only 20 years old.
This star path is also too smooth...