Is Katharine McPhee Elphaba in the "Wicked" movie? — Page 2

TotallyEffed said: "Gaga and only Gaga."

I think she would be great type wise, but vocally this role demands a different calibre.

It's not just because someone is a singer, the person is able to handle these type of roles. This is about mastering the craft of storytelling through notes instead of in spite of it and only very few singers are able to do that. I feel this material and the finesse in singing needed for it to make it feel truthful instead of separated is often underestimated.

Katharine McPhee would be a better fit then in my opinion.

Updated On: 8/3/18 at 06:40 AM

If this is a big budget movie, there's one piece of obvious casting that the Broadway crowd keeps missing: Andy Serkis as Chistery and probably Dr. Dillamond too.

gypsy101 said: "SomeOtherMe said: "I've heard numerous times from somewho actually know a few Wicked people that they were trying to get Demi Lovato for the role. Maybe with her recent struggles, she has become unable to do so and they looked elsewhere?"

I will be so sad if Demi does not star in this, I think she is one of the only actresses who fits the character and wouldsing the hell out of the score."



Not a chance of this happening. No insurance company would cover her, she almost died from an OD a few weeks ago.

Nobody has been cast.

Schwartz last mentioned that they are looking for legitimate actresses who can sing soprano and belt for the leads. I expect new comers to be cast when originating the roles for the film version.

There is enough roles to stunt cast with the supporting actors who don't require intensive vocals. You can have an all star cast and two unknown singing or theatre background leads if you go for A list Stars for Fiyero, Morrible, Wizard, Boq, Dillamond and Nessa.



They would be wise to sign up Zac Efron as Fiyero before he gets too old to look college aged anymore, dare I even say Zendaya as Nessa it worked as a winning formula before and their stars are at the pinnacle of their musical movie careers at the moment.

Owen22 said: "Well, these plot points don't make much sense do they? The nasty scene where Boq basically yells to the crowd to lynch Elphaba is hardly the kindly Nick Chopper from the original story and film. And I already discussed how making Fiyero the Scarecrow makes absolutely no character sense..."

And Elphaba is hardly the character from the original story and film. That's the whole point of the piece.

And while I don't particularly care for the ending of the musical, the idea that the Scarecrow was Fiyero is not entirely out of the blue, since in the novel Elphaba did think that was a possibility for a bit.

AEA AGMA SM said: "Owen22 said: "Well, these plot points don't make much sense do they? The nasty scene where Boq basically yells to the crowd to lynch Elphaba is hardly the kindly Nick Chopper from the original story and film. And I already discussed how making Fiyero the Scarecrow makes absolutely no character sense..."

And Elphaba is hardly the character from the original story and film. That's the whole point of the piece.

And while I don't particularly care for the ending of the musical, the idea that the Scarecrow was Fiyero is not entirely out of the blue, since in the novel Elphaba did think that was a possibility for a bit."

No, the death of Fiyero in the book (and musical) and her sister's death (and Glinda's giving away Nessarose's shoes) drives Elphaba a little bit insane for awhile. Making her "wicked". There is nothing character and action-wise contradictory really between L Frank Baum's Elphaba and Wicked's.

And Elphaba, in her madness, does think Fiyero might be a Scarecrow in the book. But what I"m talking about is making the Scarecrow from Baum's book and the MGM film reconcile character-wise with the musical Wicked's Fiyero. Which it doesn't. At all.

Updated On: 8/5/18 at 11:15 PM