Actress Rachel Zegler will not keep her opinions to herself, no matter how unpopular.
Yesterday, Zegler — who became better known thanks to Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story — Tweeted out one unpopular opinion: “Free Palestine.”
Zegler never says a word about the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas, or the innocent victims of the October 7th attack against Jews at an Israeli music festival.
This must have caused some friction on the set of Disney’s live action “Snow White” set for release in 2025. Zegler’s co-star is Gal Gadot, who is Jewish and from Israel. I can’t imagine the pair doing publicity together. (See “The Fabulous Four” and Bette Midler bailing on Susan Sarandon for the same reason. The movie disappeared.)
Zegler is opening on Broadway October 24th in a new production of “Romeo and Juliet.” The director, Sam Gold, is Jewish. So are many of the producers. If Zegler thinks “Free Palestine” is going to appear in her Playbill bio, the Jets vs. the Sharks will seem like tame business.
Putting on a Broadway play is costly enough. A Shakespeare play with an untested actress and a relative unknown as Romeo (Kit O’Connor) is an uphill battle. If Broadway and New York audiences sense that Zegler is antisemitic, the whole production could be in jeopardy.
Stay tuned…
