SomethingWickedthis way comes.
The first teaser trailer for the movie musicalWicked: Part Onedebuted during Super Bowl Sunday, showing the first footage ofCynthia Erivoas the witchy Elphaba andAriana Grandeas bubbly Glinda.
A prequel to the events ofThe Wizard of Oz,Wickedis the origin story of “a green-skinned woman,” the film’s logline states, who “becomes the Wicked Witch of the West.” Its source material is Gregory Maguire’s hit 1995 novelWicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.
Joining Erivo, 37, as that green-skinned heroine and Grande, 30, as her schoolmate-turned-best-friend isJonathan Baileyas Fiyero,Jeff Goldblumas the Wizard, Marissa Bode as Nessarose,Bowen Yangas Pfannee,Keala Settleas Miss Coddle,Ethan Slateras Boq, andMichelle Yeohas Madame Morrible.
“This movie has everything: giant musical numbers, big action pieces,” Chu told the audience atCinemaCon 2023in April, introducing first-look footage. “And using a classic story you all know,The Wizard of Oz.”
The director added, “At the end of the day, it’s actually not about those things. It’s about change and [how] it’s necessary for things to get better.”
The musical’s original Broadway cast includedKristin Chenowethas Glinda andIdina Menzelas Elphaba. The latter actress earned one of the production’s three Tony Awards, for leading actress in a musical.
CelebratingWicked’s 15th anniversary in 2018, Menzel toldPEOPLEshe “had no idea what it would become but I knew it was something special. I needed this role to teach me something about life that I needed to learn."
Chenoweth said at the time, “Very few times in our career do we have a hand-in-glove moment, and Glinda was mine. I just thought when I read it, ‘This is my part! And if anybody else plays Glinda, I’ll kill them in their sleep!’”
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In 2022 around the time it was filming, Erivo toldEntertainment Tonightthat theWickedfilm adaptation would be “unlike anything you’ve ever seen before.”
She continued, “I think we’re going to enjoy the magic of it. We’re going to try and put our own spin on what we know already and show you a story about two women [who] are sisters.”
Wicked: Part Oneis in theaters Nov. 27.
source: people.com
