This Juliet isn’t in love with that Romeo.
Rachel Zegler clapped again at a critic who claimed she’s “obsessed” with Equipment Connor, her co-star within the “Romeo + Juliet” Broadway revival.
The 23-year-old actress defended herself within the feedback part of her Dec. 29 Instagram put up, which included two images of Connor, 20, amongst an image montage of “moments of joy and dreams coming true.”
“I think Rachel is so obsessed with Kit Connor in a romantic way not just a friend way,” learn the fan remark.
Zegler wrote again, “no! moving on.”
Her response has over 3,000 “likes” from different Instagram customers, who applauded Zegler for denying the romance rumors.
“I’m so tired of people saying you and Kit like each other romantically you guys just have a really good friendship!!” one fan wrote.
“Kit and Rachel are best friends and they are the best of friends,” one other particular person commented.
A 3rd fan instructed Zegler, “you sticking up for yourself always is why you’re a dream. I’m obsessed with you.”
Zegler is at the moment courting actor Josh Andrés Rivera after assembly on the set of “West Side Story.” Connor, for his half, got here out as bisexual in November 2022 after feeling strain from critics who accused him of “queerbaiting” by taking part in a bisexual teen on Netflix’s “Heartstopper.”
Zegler and Connor now play the titular roles in “Romeo + Juliet,” which marks each stars’ Broadway debuts.
The present formally opened in October and is about to run till February 2025. It’s directed by Sam Gould with music by Taylor Swift’s frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff.
Zegler included a number of behind-the-scenes images from the Broadway manufacturing in her Instagram put up.
In a single image, the “West Side Story” actress posed with Connor who snapped a mirror selfie of the pair.
One other picture confirmed Connor holding Zegler over his shoulders as she gave a thumbs as much as the digicam.
Zegler’s put up additionally included pictures of her in a inexperienced bikini and posing in entrance of a poster for her upcoming live-action “Snow White” film.
“Moments of joy and dreams coming true. happy new year, all. be good to each other,” she wrote in her caption.
In an interview with Teen Vogue in Oct., Zegler talked about how she created a bond with Connor throughout “Romeo + Juliet” rehearsals.
“We would have lunch together every day. We were working in Brooklyn at the rehearsal studio,” she stated. “We’d all go to Whole Foods and get our lunch and come back and eat together. And it was just the bits, the bits began. We love the bits.”
Connor famous that the pair didn’t really feel awkward that “there’s a lot of grinding” of their present.
“I think chemistry wise, we naturally just all started to get on really well,” the “Heartstopper” star added.
In The Put up’s evaluation of “Romeo + Juliet,” critic Johnny Oleksinski gave the present two out of 4 stars and stated Connor “shines.”
However Oleksinski was much less impressed with Zegler and criticized her efficiency.
“Shakespeare’s words, however, do not come as naturally to Zegler as songs do, and sparks do not fly with Connor’s Romeo,” Oleksinski penned.
Moreover, he described the second half of the present “as hollow as a drum.”
