Get the latest gossip
PATRICK MARMION reviews Evita: So sassy and cool, Rachel Zegler is a knockout as Evita
The 5ft 2in, 24-year-old Zegler may be a diminutive diva, but with a delicate yet rich voice, she takes to the role of the Latin American political idol like a pair of Ferragamo shoes.
She is simply sensational in a stunning new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1978 musical about Argentina's legendary former first lady, Eva 'Evita' Peron, which opened officially in the West End last night. And while the masses sweat outside in the central London heat for a barely audible five-minute performance, amidst a sea of phones, inside we get all the trimmings – including a deluge of blue and white ticker tape marking the election of Eva's husband, Juan, as president in 1946. Even President Peron himself (James Olivas) is presented as a hunky sexbomb porn star towering over tiny Zegler, with watermelon biceps bulging out of his sleeveless shirt.
Or read this on Daily Mail
