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West Side Story's Rita Moreno reveals how she got the role of Valentina in Steven Spielberg's remake
EGOT champ Rita Moreno revealed the surprising story of how she got involved in Steven Spielberg's more 'authentic' remake of West Side Story, which is scheduled to hit US/UK theaters on December 18.It wasn't the 73-year-old filmmaker's idea to have the 88-year-old grandmother-of-two return to the musical that made her famous in 1961, but rather Mark Harris - the husband of WSS screenwriter Tony Kushner.'Tony Kushner's partner said, "Why don't you get Rita Moreno to play Doc's widow?"' Rita recalled on Jess Cagle's SiriusXM Show on Monday.