Rachel Zegler is booked, busy, and bopping between centuries. On her rare night off from dying dramatically in Romeo + Juliet on Broadway, the 23-year-old starlet swapped Veronaโs heartbreak for Y2K chaos. The occasion? The premiere of her shiny new A24 flick, Y2K, where floppy disks and questionable fashion reign supreme.
Rachel hit the Crosby Street Hotel in New York City on Monday night (November 18), looking like she just Googled โY2K aestheticโ and nailed it. She was joined by her co-star Jaeden Martell, director Kyle Mooney, and a smattering of other important names like Lachlan Watson and Kyleโs writing partner, Evan Winterโaka the brains behind the whole nostalgia-fueled mess.
Whatโs Y2K about, you ask? Glad you did. Imagine itโs New Yearโs Eve, 1999. Youโre at a high school party (because of course), the internetโs a baby, and someone whispers, โWhat if all the computers DIE at midnight?โ Instead of just enjoying some pizza rolls, these two juniors decide to turn the chaos knob to eleven. Cue a โdial-up disaster comedyโ where the only thing scarier than Y2K is your mom trying to use AOL Instant Messenger.
The movie drops in theaters on December 6, so clear your schedule and maybe dust off your Tamagotchi.
Meanwhile, Rachel is juggling two timelines like a pro. By day (or night, technically), sheโs channeling Juliet on Broadway, proving love is tragic and iambic pentameter is sexy. But Mondays? Mondays are for premieres, baby! Sheโll be breaking hearts through February, so youโve got time to catch her and her Y2K antics.
TL;DR: Rachel Zeglerโs got one foot in the 1500s, the other in 1999, and sheโs absolutely thriving.
