But I can tell you, going back to the past in the present-it's incredible." It's a real part.' I said, 'OK, then I would like to read the script.' And that's how it happened. "He said, 'No, no, no, no, no, no, it's not a cameo. She said: "I remember saying to Steven, 'Look, if you're offering a cameo, I have to say no, right off the bat.' Playing a cameo when you've been a lead is just a distraction. Speaking to Parade, Moreno revealed at first she thought Spielberg was offering her a cameo role in the film, which she admitted she would have immediately turned down. In Spielberg's West Side Story, Valentina runs Doc's candy store and looks out for Tony (Ansel Elgort), the former leader of the Jets who is trying to stay out of trouble after spending a year in prison for assault. Doc is the owner of the candy store where the Jets hang out. She is the widow of Doc (Ned Glass), who features in the Broadway musical and the 1961 film. Read more Steven Spielberg Honors Stephen Sondheim at 'West Side Story' Premiere There was Laurence Olivier and Kenneth Branagh as King Henry V in Henry V (in 19) Kate Winslet and Gloria Stuart, both nominated for playing Rose in Titanic in 1997 Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett, for playing Queen Elizabeth I in 1999 for Shakespeare in Love and Elizabeth Dench, again, and Winslet, again, for playing Iris Murdoch in Iris in 2001 John Wayne and Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn in True Grit (the 1969 film and the 2010 remake) and Anthony Hopkins and Frank Langella as Richard Nixon in Nixon (1995) and Frost/Nixon (2008), respectively. There have been several instances of actors nominated as the same character-but DeBose and Moreno, again, made history as the first people of color in this group, and the first Latina women. Therefore, DeBose and Moreno would not only be the first women to achieve this accomplishment, but the first performers of color, and the first pair to win for the same role in the same category. However, both Brando and De Niro and Ledger and Phoneix won in different categories-each pair won in Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. There are only two pairs of actors who have won Oscars for playing the same role: Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro, who played Vito Corleone in The Godfather and The Godfather, Part II, respectively, and Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix for playing the Joker in The Dark Night and Joker. But, I never thought that they would be open minded enough to actually see past that entertainment standard."Īctress Rita Moreno with her Academy Award in 1962. Triple threat roles are what I’m built for. It wasn’t that I didn’t think I could do the job. I didn’t think I was a viable candidate and perhaps that’s why I got the job. So, I didn’t think this role was for me because I equated Anita with Rita Moreno. We are both Latinas, but we’re different in terms of how we walk through the world. "I was like, ‘She’s one of the women who sort of looks like me.’ But, she is a white presenting woman. I was very aware of who Rita Moreno was growing up," DeBose told Vogue UK. "It is so rare that a character like Anita is presented to any audience as a Black woman. Exciting!" Anita, a Puerto Rican immigrant, is the girlfriend of Sharks leader Bernardo and a confidant to his younger sister, Maria.īoth DeBose and Moreno are Puerto Rican actresses playing a Puerto Rican character Moreno, 90, was born in Puerto Rico in 1931 and moved to New York City when she was 5 years old, DeBose, 31, was born in raised in North Carolina to an Afro-Puerto Rican father and a white mother. Variety is good! I think we should normalize that. I think it multiple interpretations, all of them are valid. "That’s a really, really exclusive club," DeBose told the LA Times. If she wins, DeBose will make history alongside Moreno as the first pair of actresses to win for playing the same role in different movies. She was just nominated for an Oscar for her star turn as Anita in Steven Spielberg's West Side Story remake, 60 years after Moreno was nominated for the same role. Ariana DeBose is following in Rita Moreno's footsteps.
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