Marc Brenner Rachel Zegler hesitated when “Evita” director Jamie Lloyd pitched her on his big idea for their West End revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical. Zegler was portraying Argentine first lady Eva Perón as a modern pop star, and Lloyd wanted his leading lady to perform the show’s best-known song, “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina,” from a balcony facing the street while theatergoers inside watched on screens.
“I just remember thinking, ‘Well, it will be unbelievably embarrassing if nobody comes,’” Zegler says with a laugh. “’It would be amazing if we could have paid extras, like a film set.’”
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