“I needed a job”: Rachel Zegler reveals the motivation for wanting to make the movie “Shazam 2”

Rachel Zegler gave a very honest answer to accepting the role of the goddess Anthea in “Shazam! Fury of Gods”: it was what was available.

With no experience in front of the cameras, the actress was discovered by Steven Spielberg to be Maria in his new version of the musical “West Side Story”, a film that was on the “shelf” between 2020 and 2021 because of the pandemic.

So what made you want to enter the world of superheroes?

“I needed a job. I’m serious,” he replied to The Hollywood Reporter magazine, turning to the camera.

“The truth is, we were in the middle of a pandemic and I wasn’t working and I couldn’t get a job for the world because ‘West Side Story’ hadn’t even opened yet,” he explained.

Hence, it was with “great enthusiasm” that he received the news that he had got the opportunity to audition for the sequel to “Shazam!”.

“I loved the first film and the fact that they even wanted me to come back for a second audition and then read on camera and everything in between… I’m so lucky I got this job. I’ve made some of my best friends on this job. . And I also love this movie “, revealed.

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