Indians Compare Rachel Zegler’s Oscars Rehearsal Look To College Student: ‘That Is Teacher’s Favourite Kid’
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Rachel Zegler will play the iconic princess in Disney’s Snow White, starring alongside Gal Gadot.
Rachel Zegler wore a simple white dress with no makeup at Oscars rehearsals. {Photo Credit: X)
The biggest night in World cinema, the Oscars brings the best filmmakers, actors, directors, screenwriters and more under one roof to celebrate the finest works of the year. This year, the 97th Academy Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre on March 2. Before the grand ceremony unfolds, a rehearsal is held, which allows the stars and crew to go through the event and ensure everything runs smoothly. While the main event grabs all the attention, these behind-the-scenes moments also spark interest. One such moment from the Oscars rehearsal making waves involves West Side Story actress Rachel Zegler.
The 23-year-old actress was spotted at the Academy Awards rehearsal in a simple white dress with no makeup. The pictures of Zegler’s unfiltered look were shared on X (formerly Twitter), where they gained traction, especially among Indian users.
Zegler’s look sparked a wave of reactions online where desis couldn’t help but draw comparisons to a typical Indian college student. One user commented, “2nd year Computer science at some random college in Mumbai.”
Another joked, “It’s giving the school topper, who’s also good in sports and arts, is sanskaari yet a baddie and is good at everything she does.”
Someone else wrote, “That’s Meenakshi – the teacher’s favourite kid & overenthusiastic class representative who takes attendance in every period. Will nab down everyone trying to mass bunk & will assert her brainy-ness in every inter college activity only to get disqualified in the first event itself.”
More comments followed, with one individual writing, “I know she has topped her school, high school, got into IIT and also bagged the highest package.” One user remarked, “She looks like a girl who score 99.99 percent in ICSE board,” while another said, “I don’t know why, but she looks like she gets 100/100 in Sanskrit.”
“I need Rachel Zegler to know how she has endeared the Indian subcontinent by these pictures of her taken on a random Friday,” a person concluded.
Rachel Zegler will play the iconic princess in Disney’s Snow White, starring alongside Gal Gadot, who will appear as the Evil Queen. The film is set to hit theaters on March 21.
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