Ariana Debose talks ‘West Side Story’ and the time she met Rita Moreno l GMA 

This makes me so proud of her! Standing her ground and not allowing the industry to tell her story and her heritage

I am so beyond proud of her. She's been doing her thing for a minute and now it's her time to shine. ❤️

What an amazing talent! I’ve been following Ariana since her So You Think You Can Dance days to Bring It On to Hamilton to Donna Summer to The Prom and finally to Schmigadoon. I cannot wait to see her in West Side Story!

She is such a compelling and intriguing person.

While I wasn't the biggest fan of "The Prom" and being unaware of her Broadway background, when seeing Ariana in the film, I had a feeling she would make a wonderful Anita and an incredible cinematic successor to Rita Moreno. Seeing her speak both about the project and working with Moreno and the clip of "America" easily confirms it.

This little interview is so short, but Ms. Debose says SO MUCH!!! BRAVA!!!!!! LOVE HER! Can't wait to see what's next for her!!!

She’s so powerful and talented

The Broadway Bullet is jumping to the silver screen!!!

The Puerto Rican community are very proud of her. She's amazing!! Represent Queen🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷👑

I loved the interview with Ariana! I just love her!! 😉👏

The big difference that most people don't think about is this: Rita's Anita danced on a stage set that was dressed to look like a building's roof. The floor would have been wood. Ariana's Anita danced in the street which is a lot different than wood. Anyway, both ladies are fantastic.

THAT IS HOW YOU FILM A DANCE SEQUENCE STEVEN SPIELBERG YAS YAS YAS

She’s a superstar.

I LOVE how some of the girls are wearing pants in America! It looks so fresh and nothing done before! Very excited to see the film and see Ariana kill it!

She looks great in this new movie! Looking forward to seeing this remake!😎👍

Cannot wait to see this movie!!

Bonjour à tous ! Ariana DeBose est tellement belle ! Sa prestation dans West Side Story était magistrale !!!! ❤

Ariana Debose it's a great dancer, excellent lines almost professional., just mentioned so professional dancers don't feel underestimated.. Excellent role, Ariana D. is fortunate to have the guideness of an amazing director as Steve Spielberg and Rita Moreno., we all have the tendency to promise things we can't keep mainly due to the lack of skill to reach for oportunities. Knowing who you are and your own limitations is important.. Excellent and honest interview! #GoodMorningAmerica #ArianaDebose #RitaMoreno #WestsideStory #2021 #2024USA❤🧡💛💚💙💜

I want to see this movie so bad!!

Love her!

Ariana DeBose is going to be great.

The Bullet!

2:49 the clip

I am very curious! How many people watching that early? I mean before an hour🍬🙏

[Verse] I am the Glob-glo-gab-galab The shwabble-dabble-wabble-gabble flibba blabba blab I'm full of shwibbly liber-kind I am the yeast of thoughts and minds [Chorus] Shwabble dabble glibble glabble schribble shwap glab Dibble dabble shribble shrabble glibbi-glap shwap Shwabble dabble glibble glabble shwibble shwap-dap Dibble dabble shribble shrabble glibbi-shwap glab

2:15 🔥

Let's talk about the Harlem series on Amazon instead

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1. Good idea to have Rita Marino inserted into the Steven Spielberg script of *West Side Story* 2. Best Actress role for Oscar nomination for Spielberg's version will be Maria (Rachel Zegler) and then Anita (Ariana DeBose) for supporting Oscar nomination. I think Rachel Zegler's acting for Maria, was better than Natalie Wood in Robert's Wise production. 3. Second choice for best supporting actress: Rita Marino. (yes again) 4. I did not like any of the character actors choice for either the Jets or Sharks in this Spielberg version. 5. I did not like the first act of the Spielberg version as much as the Robert Wise version, but the second act of Spielberg's version made up for the 1st act's shortcomings. Spielberg's first act of his movie was too, too, dark. 6. My choice for which movie was better would be the flawless *1st* West Side Story. Robert Wise was the better Director in this for the 1st Movie version of the play. However the second act of Spielberg's version made tears come from my eyes, but don't tell anybody as I don't want my manhood questioned. 7. In the first movie the Jet gang gave respect for the little girl playing on the ground and walked around her play area. In the Spielberg version the Jets ripped up the little girls artwork on the ground. I could not get behind the Jets after that. 8. The dance scenes in both versions were equally good. 9. Spielberg claimed he did not want to copy the first, Robert Wise version, however he did in the opening. In the first, Wise version, we have an aerial shot flying over Manhattan, in Spielberg's version we have an aerial shot flying over the demolished section of the gang area with same intro music. 10. Spielberg's version of West Side Story, should be nominated for *Best Picture* Oscar this year, however from the *WOKE* Hollywood, they might choose another low budget foreign movie made with no whites in it, that nobody will see, for diversity's sake. Then that will remind me of Marxist Korean movie (looked like a college student made film) winning Best Picture over "1917" a real professional movie. And like Spielberg's movie, "Saving Private Ryan" that didn't win Best Picture, which it should have, over that terrible love movie, again, that nobody saw.

Using my mom's and my stolen identity. Most of the people here. She's using my stolen identity! Even Michael is. Robin is harassing my grandmother and George is using prince William's child's identity. She's been acting like a guy, dating me to steal my life. Constantly logs into my bank account at certain times. Like 7:40am this morning, when she wasn't in the apartment. I didn't login. Only last night. Constant harassment and aggression.

I haven't seen the whole "America" sequence, but from what I can tell, the original dance from the 1961 version was much much better. Sorry. Can't compete with Jerome Robbin's original choreography.

Very unprofessional to say "no" in this context without a good reason

I love Ariana, I really wish she would stop styling her hair like a 90 year old woman