Elgort to star in Spielberg’s next

I was dropped from a film due to lack of sex appeal. I’ve always been an underdog. — Bradley Cooper, Actor- Director

Los Angekes: Ansel Elgort has been cast in the lead role of Tony in the new film version of the Broadway musical, West Side Story, to be directed by Oscar- winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg. Oscar- nominated screenwriter and Pulitzer Prize- winner Tony Kushner has written the adaptation of the 1957 musical originally written by Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim with music by Leonard Bernstein, and concept, direction, and choreography by Jerome Robbins. Spielberg, Kevin McCollum and Kristie Macosko Krieger will produce the film musical. Elgort will be taking on the role of Tony, which was first played by Larry Kert in the original 1957 Broadway musical.