Rachel Zegler is spinning on a desk chair eating sushi. She’s spent the morning living out her dream and, after lunch, will do it all again. For the past month, Zegler—the clear-voiced, internet literate, Golden Globe-winning actor—has been holed up in a rehearsal studio in deep East London, preparing to play the lead in the London West End revival of Evita.

It’s a Friday, the final day Zegler and the team will spend here before moving into the city’s prestigious Palladium theater, to play the musical out in situ. She’s just completed a full run-through of the show, start to finish. “Thank you for coming to my place of work,” she says casually, as if her workplace is just like everyone else’s. Her hair is slicked back, and she’s wearing light linen shorts, a tank, and red sneakers. In one hand is a can of Arizona ice tea the size of her head. A bracelet, beaded the colors of the Palestinian flag, spelling out ceasefire, sits on her wrist.