{"id":189634,"date":"2025-08-28T19:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/28\/steven-spielberg-changed-my-life-says-rachel-zegler\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T19:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:01:12","slug":"steven-spielberg-changed-my-life-says-rachel-zegler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/28\/steven-spielberg-changed-my-life-says-rachel-zegler\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Spielberg changed my life, says Rachel Zegler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-08-28\" datetime=\"1756407672\" pubdate=\"\">28 August 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/rachel-zegler\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,rachel-zegler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rachel Zegler<\/a> feels &#8220;indebted&#8221; to Steven Spielberg.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Rachel Zegler has heaped praise on Steven Spielberg<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old actress &#8211; who is currently starring in Evita in London&#8217;s West End &#8211; has taken to social media to heap praise on the legendary filmmaker, who previously cast her in West Side Story, the 2021 romantic-drama movie.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside a series of throwback images of herself and Spielberg, Rachel wrote on Instagram: &#8220;we had a very special guest @officialevita last weekend \u2014 a man who believed in me when i was 17 and is the reason i was ushered into the many opportunities i have been blessed with thus far. seven years later and he\u2019s still so supportive of every venture, and i couldn\u2019t be more thankful. steven spielberg, you changed my life. (sic)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rachel admitted that she&#8217;s more than grateful for Steven&#8217;s help and support.<\/p>\n<p>The Hollywood star continued: &#8220;i may never be truly able to return the favor, but i hope a performance of \u201crainbow high\u201d every now and then gives you some comfort in knowing i am taking care of the career (kristie and) you\u2019ve so graciously given me. grateful isn\u2019t the right word. indebted, maybe. you get the picture. [heart emoji] (sic)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nRachel starred in Snow White, the Disney musical fantasy film, earlier this year, and she previously revealed that Spielberg played an important role in her casting.<\/p>\n<p>\nDuring an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Rachel shared: &#8220;I actually got a really glowing recommendation from Steven Spielberg to Marc Webb, who directed Snow White.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;And I also got a text from Steven kind of alluding to the fact that I had gotten the part [of Snow White] before I found out.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>\nRachel revealed at the time that she still has a very good relationship with Spielberg, who is widely recognised as one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.<\/p>\n<p>\nRachel &#8211; who starred in Snow White alongside Gal Gadot &#8211; said: &#8220;I wished him a Happy Father\u2019s Day, as one does, and he texted me a bunch of apple emojis as a response!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/steven-spielberg-changed-life-says-rachel-zegler-1428548.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>28 August 2025 Rachel Zegler feels &#8220;indebted&#8221; to Steven Spielberg. Rachel Zegler has heaped praise on Steven Spielberg The 24-year-old actress &#8211; who is currently starring in Evita in London&#8217;s West End &#8211; has taken to social media to heap praise on the legendary filmmaker, who previously cast her in West Side Story, the 2021 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":189635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2233,4665],"class_list":{"0":"post-189634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-gal-gadot","9":"tag-rachel-zegler"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}