Brian from movie insider.com here, we have a new official photo of Steven Spielberg's
remake of West Side Story.
Before we see the new photos, let's recap
West Side Story stars Ansel Elgort and
Rachel Ziggler as Tony and Maria. The
film explores young love and tensions
between the rival gangs the Jets and the
Sharks on the streets of 1957 New York.
The original cast photo seen here didn't
include the key character of Anita.
Here's the new photo for the role of Anita
will be played by So You Think You Can
Dance star and Broadway theater actress
Ariana Dubois who has limited television
and movie credits to date. Her lead in
West Side Story will no doubt likely be
a breakout role for her. Anita is the
girlfriend of the Sharks gang leader
Bernardo played by David Alvarez.
Bernardo sister is the female lead of
the film Maria, played by Rachel Ziggler,
who falls in love with male lead Tony
played by Ansel Elgort from
the rival gang the Jets. In the
original 1961 film adaptation of the
Broadway musical, 
Anita argues that Bernardo is
overprotective of his sister Maria and
they ultimately go back and forth and
compare the advantages of Puerto Rico
and the United States. This leads to one
of West Side story's most famous songs
"America" sung by Anita.  We've already
started to see some first pictures of
Anita singing in the America musical number.
There's been paparazzi taking candid
photos of Ariana Debois and David
Alvarez as Anita and Bernardo,
respectively, singing the American
musical number in New York City. Let's
take a brief look and what you can see
on justjared and an OK Mag. You can
check out the links on your own.
in the original 1961 film, the role of
Anita was played by actress
Rita Moreno who will actually be in
Steven Spielberg's remake of West Side
Story. Rita Moreno plays Valentina the
owner of a New York City drugstore or
something similar who tries to resolve
the differences between the gangs, the
Jets and the Sharks. She also executive
produces the film with Steven Spielberg.
West Side Story will be released on
December 18, 2020 from 20th Century Fox
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