How many Latin actresses were in the main cast of the 1961 classic movie “West Side Story”?

The only Latin actress in the main cast of the original 1961 “West Side Story,” a story of love and rivalry involving a gang of white teens and a gang of Puerto Rican immigrants, was Rita Moreno. She won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Anita. Natalie Wood, an American of Russian descent, starred as the young Puerto Rican immigrant Maria, whose forbidden romance with a white teen is at the movie’s heart._x000D_

How many Latinx actors are in Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story”?

_x000D_Twenty cast members in Steven Spielberg’s 2021 “West Side Story” are Puerto Ricans or descendants of Puerto Ricans, including Rita Moreno, now 89, who plays the role of Valentina. “I wanted to ensure that the actors playing the Shark boys and girls were 100% Latinx and young,” Spielberg told Reuters.