rachel zegler plays the pivotal role of maria, pretty much an unknown actress. this is her performing maria four years ago, well before stephen spielberg had even heard of her. # i have a love. # and it's all that i need... the actress responded to an open casting call online and was selected from more than 300,000 applicants. rachel zegler may be a novice, but she has no problem selling this grand production in promotional interviews. it is not the west side story many people remember. it is so much different in a sense that there is so much more context, and if you're not going to come for the music, you should come for the characters, you should come for the dynamics, you should come for the dance in general, you should come for the colours. # today, all day. i had the feeling... actor ansel elgort, known for his role in edgar wright's film baby driver, among others, plays the male lead in west side story, tony. what's forever? like, i want to be with you forever? you don't want to start maybe with, "i would like to take you out to coffee"? one of the best pe

rachel zegler plays the pivotal role of maria, pretty much an unknown actress. this is her performing maria four years ago, well before stephen spielberg had even heard of her. # i have a love. # and it's all that i need. the actress responded to an open casting call online and was selected from more than 300,000 applicants. rachel zegler may be a novice, but she has no problem selling this grand production in promotional interviews. it is not the west side story many people remember. it is so much different in a sense that there is so much more context and if you're not going to come for the music, you should come for the characters, you should come for the dynamics, you should come for the dance in general, you should come for the colours. # today, all day i had the feeling. actor ansel elgort, known for his role in edgar wright's film baby driver, among others, plays the male lead in west side story, tony. what's forever? like, i want to be with you forever? you don't want to start maybe with, "i would like to take you out to coffee"? one of the best performa

rachel zegler plays the pivotal role of maria, pretty much an unknown actress. this is her performing maria four years ago, well before stephen spielberg had even heard of her. # i have a love # and it's all that i need.# the actress responded to an open casting call online and was selected from more than 300,000 applicants. rachel zegler may be a novice, but she has no problem selling this grand production in promotional interviews. it is not the west side story many people remember. it is so much different in a sense that there is so much more context and if you're not going to come for the music, you should come for the characters, you should come for the dynamics, you should come for the dance in general, you should come for the colours. # today, all day- i had the feeling...# actor ansel elgort, known for his role in edgar wright's film baby driver, among others, plays the male lead in west side story, tony. what's forever? like, i want to be with you forever? you don't want to start maybe with, "i would like to take you out to coffee"? one of the best perf

rachel zegler plays the pivotal role of maria, pretty much an unknown actress. this is her performing maria four years ago, well before stephen spielberg had even heard of her. # i have a love # and it's all that i need.# the actress responded to an open casting call online and was selected from more than 300,000 applicants. rachel zegler may be a novice, but she has no problem selling this grand production in promotional interviews. it is not the west side story many people remember. it is so much different in a sense that there is so much more context and if you're not going to come for the music, you should come for the characters, you should come for the dynamics, you should come for the dance in general, you should come for the colours. # today, all day i had the feeling...#- actor ansel elgort, known for his role in edgar wright's film baby driver, among others, plays the male lead in west side story, tony. what's forever? like, i want to be with you forever? you don't want to start maybe with, "i would like to take you out to coffee"? one of the best perf

rachel zegler plays the pivotal role of maria, pretty much an unknown actress. this is her performing maria four years ago, well before stephen spielberg had even heard of her. # i have a love # and it's all that i need.... the actress responded to an open casting call online and was selected from more than 300,000 applicants. rachel zegler may be a novice, but she has no problem selling this grand production in promotional interviews. it is not the west side story many people remember. it is so much different in a sense that there is so much more context, and if you're not going to come for the music, you should come for the characters, you should come for the dynamics, you should come for the dance in general, you should come for the colours. # today, all day. i had the feeling... actor ansel elgort, known for his role in edgar wright's film baby driver, among others, plays the male lead in west side story, tony. what's forever? like, i want to be with you forever? you don't want to start maybe with, "i like to take you out for coffee"? one of the best perform

rachel zegler plays the pivotal role of maria, pretty much an unknown actress. this is her performing maria four years ago, well before stephen spielberg had even heard of her. the actress responded to an open casting call online and was selected from more than s00,000 applicants. rachel zegler may be a novice, but she has no problem selling this grand production in promotional interviews. it is not the west side story many people remember. it is so much different in a sense that there is so much more context and if you're not going to come for the music, you should come for the characters, come for the dynamics, you should come for the dance in general. you should come for the colours. actor ansel elgort, known for his role in edgar wright's film baby driver, among others, plays the main lead in west side story, tony. what's forever? like, i want to be with you forever? you don't want to start maybe with i would like to take you out for coffee? one of the best performances in the movie comes from rita moreno who was in the original 1961 west side story, then in

rachel zegler�*s terrific, ariana debose is really, really good. i'm not entirely convinced by ansel elgort, who i think is a kind of slightly weak male lead, but it doesn't matter because the film itself, and i don't mean this as a criticism, the film is really technically skilful, and when you are talking about a dance movie, technically skilful is a really important thing. it's ultra—widescreen, it's 239. the look of the film, you know, it is a period of peace, and the look of the film is very much in keeping with the time of the film. they have made alterations and updates. there is a lovely role for rita moreno that provides the genetic link between the old version that everybody loves, even if they have problems with it, and this new version. and you said at the beginning, it's a passion project. you know, it's something that is a labour of love. you can feel how much spielberg loves the material. i mean, i remember going to see west side story as a kid and being, you know, i wanted to be in thejets afterwards, coming up and doing thejet wa

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we're so happy to have her with us this morning, rachel zegler, welcome to "gma." >> thanks for having me. >> talk about starting your career with a bang. this is your first movie, your first director is steven spielberg. the movie is "west side story." you walked the red carpet. what does that feel like? >> it's a whirlwind and baptism by fire but in the best way, i mean i can't believe that we made this movie 2 1/2 years ago, before the world kind of shut down in such a crazy way, and i think there's no better time for it to be released into theaters. >> we can't agree with you more. tell us how you got the role. you beat out 30,000 other people. >> yeah. that's true. >> to be maria. >> or so they say, right? it's -- i mean it's wild. i reacted to an online twitter casting call from our casting director cindy and sent in what i perceived to be the worst self-tape one could possibly send in. i like hope it never resurfaces on the internet. rlg audition ill and it'll be at process. i went in eight or nine times over the course of 340 something days, and it finally came to that point wh

rachel zegler�*s terrific, ariana debose is really, really good. i'm not entirely convinced by ansel elgort, who i think is a kind of slightly weak male lead, but it doesn't matter because the film itself, and i don't mean this as a criticism, the film is really technically skilful, and when you are talking about a dance movie, technically skilful is a really important thing. it's ultra—widescreen, it's 239. the look of the film, you know, it is a period of peace, and the look of the film is very much in keeping with the time of the film. —— it's a period piece. they have made alterations and updates. there is a lovely role for rita moreno that provides the genetic link between the old version that everybody loves, even if they have problems with it, and this new version. and you said at the beginning, it's a passion project. you know, it's something that is a labour of love. you can feel how much spielberg loves the material. i mean, i remember going to see west side story as a kid and being, you know, i wanted to be in thejets afterwards, c

rachel zegler�*s terrific, ariana debose is really, really good. i'm not entirely convinced by ansel elgort, who i think is a kind of slightly weak male lead, but it doesn't matter because the film itself, and i don't mean this as a criticism, the film is really technically skilful, and when you are talking about a dance movie, technically skilful is a really important thing. it's ultra—widescreen, it's 239. the look of the film, you know, it is a period of peace, and the look of the film is very much in keeping with the time of the film. they have made alterations and updates. there is a lovely role for rita moreno that provides the genetic link between the old version that everybody loves, even if they have problems with it, and this new version. and you said at the beginning, it's a passion project. you know, it's something that is a labour of love. you can feel how much spielberg loves the material. i mean, i remember going to see west side story as a kid and being, you know, i wanted to be in thejets afterwards, coming out and doing thejet w

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please welcome rachel zegler. ♪ >> thank you. sometimes we have to go thousands of miles from home in order to find our life's calling. jenifer colpas graduated from college in colombia and landed a great job in the tech industry in india. while there, she encountered extreme poverty everywhere. it made her think of all the people back home in the rural areas who lacked the basics -- clean water, power, and sanitation. and so she returned home and later co-founded tierra grata, which means gratitude to the earth. by truck, by donkey, and by foot, she and her young team traveled to villages to connect solar panels, install water filtration systems, and build safe toilets and showers. so far, jenifer has reached 43 communities, helping more than 10,000 people feel connected to the world, lifting people out of extreme poverty with ingenuity, kindness, and grace. ♪ [ speaking foreign language ] >> these areas are so remote, that there is no even roads to get there. nobody goes there, but we are going there to provide them the essen

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