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Jeff Goldblumsure is popular among hisWickedcostars!
Erivo is set to take on the role of Elphaba opposite Grande’s Glinda inJon M. Chu’s upcomingtwo-part film adaptationof the hitBroadwaymusical, while Goldblum willstar as the Wizard.
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Erivo and Grande wereannounced as the leadsin November 2021. The following September, Bridgerton starJonathan Baileywas announced astaking on the role of Fiyero, the main love interest in the musical, whileGoldblum confirmed his castinglast month.
“I was just on the set ofWicked. I’m not supposed to talk about that. But it’s been out and about,” Goldblum said during an appearance onJimmy Kimmel Live!as he revealed his sons — Charlie, 7, andRiver, 6 — had joined him on the set of the movie in London.
The actor teased ofWickedand his costars, “You should see our witches — Cynthia Erivo andAriana Grande— very good.”
While Goldblum didn’t divulge any more detailsabout the movie during his appearance, he did discuss how he had a childhood fear of witches because of a nightmare, with the fear resurfacing during filming.
“I was shooting one day and I found myself tearing up in fear — a childhood fear came back to me,” he toldJimmy Kimmel. Goldblum revealed he told his costar Erivo about the nightmare, which involved a “very scary witch” who tied him to a tree and was “going to chop my head off.”
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“With more space, we can tell the story ofWickedas it was meant to be told,” Chu said in April 2022 in a postannouncing the two films, noting that “a bigger canvas” would allow the creative team the space to include as many musical numbers and characters as possible.
He added that trying to “wrestle” the story into one filmwould do “real damage” to it.
Wicked: Part Oneis due in theaters Nov. 27, 2024.
source: people.com
