Rachel Zegler will be playing the role of Snow White in Disney’s live-action remake of ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’. The 22-year-old is currently dating Josh Andrés Rivera, who she met on the sets of Steven Spielberg’s 2021 remake of West Side Story. Here’s everything you need to know about Rivera and their relationship –
Josh Andrés Rivera is an American actor best known for his performances in West Side Story (2021), The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023), and Cat Person (2023).
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Rachel Zegler and Josh Andrés Rivera were cast in West Side Story in 2019 and they officially started shooting for the movie in the summer of 2019. In the movie, Rivera plays the role of Chino who is set up with Maria played by Zegler.
The actors met on the sets of the movie and started dating in 2020. The following year, Zegler tweeted about Rivera, simply writing, “i love josh andres rivera.” The tweet gave rise to dating rumors. The two then spent Christmas Eve together.
Zegler posted a photo with Rivera on Instagram, writing, “Spending christmas eve with a man i have never met before, maybe you know him, he seems pretty cool— like he could be the love child of iron man and john wick, idk though.”
They then attended the Oscars and Grammys together in 2022, making their relationship official.
In June 2022, they were both cast in the Hunger Games prequel. In March 2023, they stepped out at the premiere of Shazam! Fury of the Gods.