Steven Spielberg says West Side Story has ‘permeated his life’

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Steven Spielberg says ‘West Side Story’ has “permeated” his life since he was a child. The legendary filmmaker – who has worked on his own big screen adaptation of the 1957 Jerome Robbins musical starring Rachel Zeigler, Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose and Rita Moreno, who played Anita in the original 1961 movie – has loved the production since childhood. In an interview with The Guardian newspaper, the ‘Gremlins’ director said: “It has never left my life. I’ve played the cast album to my kids. They memorised the songs growing up. “I’ve got videos where I’m running around the place playing Officer…

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