Josh Andres Rivera Praises Girlfriend for Rachel Zegler’s Broadway Debut
Josh Andrés Rivera he feels like a proud boyfriend who sees Rachel Zegler take the stage in a new Broadway play Romeo + Juliet.
“Rachel just made her Broadway debut, which is really, really exciting,” Rivera, 29, gushed in a monologue. Us Weekly at the Newport Beach Film Festival Honors Brunch at the Balboa Bay Club and Resort on Sunday, October 20. “I went to see the show a few weeks ago and it was great. Everyone go see it. It is very good.”
Zegler, 23, has the stars on his side Heartstopper‘s Kit Connor like star-crossed Shakespearean play lovers. Zegler took his first Broadway bow when the show premiered last month but will make his official Broadway debut when the production opens on Thursday, October 24.
Performing on the Great White Way has been Zegler’s dream since he was 4 years old. “Years and years, when I was young, I tried to find the opportunity to be on these stages,” he wrote on Instagram on September 28. “Life had other plans that I am always madly grateful for. My love for making films will never end, but my home will always be the stage.”
Rachel Zegler and Josh Andrés Rivera first connected on the set of Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, where they quickly started a real romance. The pair cemented their relationship in February 2021, almost a year before West Side Story hits theaters. “I love Josh Andres Rivera,” the snow-white star said in the series […]
Zegler and Rivera’s relationship has a Broadway connection as they met playing Maria and Chino, respectively, in Steven Spielberg2021 movie musical remake West Side Story. The couple confirmed their relationship in February 2021 and continued to share the screen again in 2023 hunger Games prequel movie, Ballad of songbirds and snakes.
Having a girlfriend who is also part of the entertainment industry is something that Rivera said Us it is very special. “If you think about the type of industry we’re in, it’s a specific thing that’s hard to explain what the idea is like,” he explained. It’s nice to have someone who understands that, to be able to talk about the things we’re going through with each other.”
Just as Zegler is reaching his latest milestone, River is doing his part by starring in a new FX series. American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez.
“It’s really fun to have kind of complementary things that are a little different and that we both do,” he said. Us. “It’s neat. It’s exciting.”
Rivers plays as a former player for the New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez services, which were first shown last month. The show follows the athlete’s rise to fame in football and his arrest for a 2013 murder. Odin Lloyd. Hernandez was convicted of murder in 2015 and died in prison two years later at the age of 27.
“Unlike many people, I did not know the issue well when I first spoke about it. Until the hope of its sorting came when I entered all the information and there is a lot of it,” said Rivera. Us by replacing Hernandez. “There are many different sides to the story. There are many different opinions, depending on who you ask. I have to take a lot of these facts literally and just figure out how to internalize them, while also being responsible for the ideas that exist. There are many things.”
The actor also gained about “30 pounds” for the part, which he is now trying to lose. “It’s nice to be a big boy. It doesn’t change much unless I’m doing action movies or things like that,” Rivera quipped. “I’m in the process of becoming dependent, but it’s still fun. I’m not going to lie to you, I loved being a big boy.”
New episodes of American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez premieres on FX Thursdays at 10 pm ET.
With reporting by Mike Vulpo
