Vanessa Hudgens Wicked?

From what I saw last night, Hudgens keeps growing stronger and stronger as both a singer and an actress. Of the females in the cast, she had the greatest vocal control, the fullest voice and was giving the best vocal performance.

What are the odds that she would be a contender for Elphie in the movie?

(Also I'm curious to know if she was at all considered for WSS in conjunction with DeBose?)

It's still listed as being released for January 2019, right? I'm afraid we'll be getting an announcement soon of it being pushed back (again).

BrodyFosse123 said: "LS7188 said: "It's still listed as being released for January 2019, right? I'm afraid we'll be getting an announcement soon of it being pushed back (again)."

Sweets, we’re in January 2019. Anyway, WICKED is currently “in development” status so any previously announced release date has been cancelled. Universal is currently filming CATS with Jennifer Hudson as Grizabella, Taylor Swift as Bombalurina and many others and this took over the original intended slot WICKED originally had."

Oops, I meant December 2019 lol- my bad!

On the topic of Cats- I still find some of the casting so odd.

ilovebabyv said: "I am SO utterly thrilled to see someone on this message board finally recognizing what a force to be reckoned with Vanessa Anne Hudgens is. If Wicked doesn't cast her as Elphaba SOON, I truly believe the production will close."

This is a joke, right?

Does she even WANT to play Elphaba??? How do you know they havent approached her and she wasnt interested in being the billionth belter to play her.

As to Wicked closing if she doesn't soon get cast....nvm, I just can't.

Updated On: 1/28/19 at 11:13 PM

I love Vanessa, but I think their best bet is to hold auditions and cast Elphaba with an unknown while using big names as the supporting cast.

For Elphaba and Glinda I think they should cast a Wicked Name for one of them and for the other a Hollywood or TV Actress.

- Rachel Tucker and Dove Cameron

- Vanessa Hudgens and Megan Hilty

- Eden Espinosa and Anneliese van der Pol

zainmax said: "Another vote for V!"

You voted for the letter V? WTF?!?!

LS7188 said: "I love Vanessa, but I think their best bet is to hold auditions and cast Elphaba with an unknown while using big names as the supporting cast."

I agree with the first part, there are much better, more suitable girls for the role out there.

Disagree with the last part, real talent and quality doesn't need names, they will become names.

There's also the issue of ages: Elphaba and Glinda begin the show age 18-20 (Fiyero likely a little older), and a relatively significant amount of time passes from there, likely a matter of some years. So you have characters aging possibly a decade or more through the plot- Hudgens is too old for Act 1 and possibly too young for Act 2.

These things wouldn't matter much on stage, but on camera certainly would.

darquegk said: "There's also the issue of ages: Elphaba and Glinda begin the show age 18-20 (Fiyero likely a little older), and a relatively significant amount of time passes from there, likely a matter of some years. So you have characters aging possibly a decade or more through the plot- Hudgens is too old for Act 1 and possibly too young for Act 2.

These things wouldn't matter much on stage, but on camera certainly would."

Considering that her whole skin must be painted, I think Vanessa could pull off the young and old looks.

That said, I don't think she has the kind of 'fuller' voice that I prefer to hear Elphaba's part sung on and I can't imagine her Defying Gravity going well, but I would gladly pay to be proven wrong.

Ramos has such a small role in A Star is Born. Pretty unmemorable, in my opinion.