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Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#325
Posted: 9/6/21 at 3:00pm
bwayphreak234 said: "Jordan Levinson said: "If the movie gets made, I see Elphaba, Fiyero, and Nessarose all being played by blacks."
What an asinine comment."
How is that stupid? Fiyero is supposed to be dark-skinned according to Maguire’s novel, the character of Elphaba goes through racial discrimination before standing up for what she believes in (quite similar to observations of the black experience), and Nessarose is her sister so the two should look at least somewhat similar.
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Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#326
Posted: 9/6/21 at 3:14pm
Jordan Levinson said: "bwayphreak234 said: "Jordan Levinson said: "If the movie gets made, I see Elphaba, Fiyero, and Nessarose all being played by blacks."
What an asinine comment."
How is that stupid? Fiyero is supposed to be dark-skinned according to Maguire’s novel, the character ofElphaba goes through racial discrimination before standing up for what she believes in (quite similar to observations of the black experience),and Nessarose is her sister so the two should look at least somewhat similar."
Lol, no dude. It was the way you wrote the sentence. “Played by blacks” sounds bad. I think you meant “…all being played by Black actors.”
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#327
Posted: 9/6/21 at 3:14pm
Jordan, I’m pretty sure people are reacting negatively to your use of the term “blacks.” More appropriate verbiage would be Black people or actors of color, etc.
EDIT: Oh, degrassifan beat me to it!
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#328
Posted: 9/11/21 at 6:30pm
Hailey Kilgore, Celia Rose Gooding, Denee Benton, and Sophia Anne Caruso have all recently been in for Elphaba
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Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#329
Posted: 9/11/21 at 7:21pm
Hailey I just watched in Respect. She’s beautiful
Updated On: 9/11/21 at 07:21 PMBroadway Legend Joined: 10/31/12
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#330
Posted: 9/11/21 at 9:46pm
BwayBby605 said: "Hailey Kilgore, Celia Rose Gooding, Denee Benton, and Sophia Anne Caruso have all recently been in for Elphaba"
How do you know?
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#332
Posted: 9/13/21 at 11:34am
BwayBby605 said: "Hailey Kilgore, Celia Rose Gooding, Denee Benton, and Sophia Anne Caruso have all recently been in for Elphaba"
Sophia Ann Caruso is by far the strangest name I've seen here so far. Certainly whoever thought of that would have to know that would never work.
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Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#333
Posted: 9/13/21 at 11:51am
That's the purpose of auditions. It's not a bad thing to see people who are a "stretch" for a role on paper. It's helpful to see a diverse array of people before making a decision. A film is also vastly different from a stage production, and Jon Chu may have a different view of these characters than Joe Mantello and the Broadway team.
I'm sure whoever they cast will be able to both sing and act the hell out of it.
Anyway –– feels like this is the most "real" a Wicked movie has ever been, so that's encouraging.
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Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#335
Posted: 9/15/21 at 8:03pmI’m extremely curious about who this Elphaba could be!! Any one have any guesses? Obviously it won’t be Jessie J…
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#336
Posted: 9/15/21 at 8:10pm
Chloe Bailey or Jai'Len Josey. Dove Cameron or Sabrina Carpenter.
Updated On: 9/15/21 at 08:10 PMWicked Movie Seeks New Director#337
Posted: 9/15/21 at 9:30pm
I don’t think Sabrina will be Galinda… in a perfect world, she would be cast as Cady in the Mean Girls movie remake, to compensate for her B’way stint cut short.
Dove Cameron will be Galinda for sure. And I’m so glad Elphaba is being played by a POC - who will it be though???
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Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#339
Posted: 9/15/21 at 9:52pm
Jon M. Chu responded on Twitter with "Yes I saw it and it’s 100% NOT true. People be making stuff up."
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Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#340
Posted: 9/15/21 at 10:13pm
I think it'll be a Broadway person who gets the role of Glinda
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#341
Posted: 9/15/21 at 10:40pm
TaffyDavenport said: "Jon M. Chu responded on Twitter with "Yes I saw it and it’s 100% NOT true. People be making stuff up."
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With all the time Chu spends debunking Twitter rumors about this film, it's not hard to see why there have been no casting announcements made yet.
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#342
Posted: 9/15/21 at 11:28pmEveryone’s favorite Ayanna Prescod tweeted that she got confirmation on who the Elphaba was, before Jon M Chu replied that they have not cast anyone and she promptly deleted the tweet. Just in case people didn’t know she was a fraud back when she claimed the Chicago returning cast would be so good it would cause the show to sell out in a minute (she actually ended up going to the Wicked opening last night, despite the fact that she tweeted she had gotten tickets to Chicago). This girl is a real life Evan Hansen.
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#343
Posted: 9/17/21 at 8:47pmI honestly think this musical will never be made into a movie ….. if they plan to film next year they need to announce a cast soon…
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#344
Posted: 9/17/21 at 8:50pm
briankershawjr said: "I honestly think this musical will never be made into a movie ….. if they plan to film next year they need to announce a cast soon…"
Why do they “need to announce a cast” soon?
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#345
Posted: 9/17/21 at 8:54pm
Well maybe not soon but by the end of the year at least…..I do remember les mix was cast late fall early winter and started I believe around debt/ March for a release date of December…
I know this musical is on a good amount of people to 10 musicals and have opinions of who should be cast..,
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Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#346
Posted: 10/14/21 at 6:26pm
Carol Kane said recently that she wants to play Morrible again
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Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#347
Posted: 10/14/21 at 6:40pm
Globefan said: "Carol Kane said recently that she wants to play Morrible again"
On stage, no problem. On film, um, they’re going in a different direction.
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Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#348
Posted: 10/15/21 at 11:35am
BrodyFosse123 said: "Globefan said: "Carol Kane said recently that she wants to play Morrible again"
On stage, no problem. On film, um, they’re going in a different direction. "
HELEN MIRREN. HELEN MIRREN. HELEN MIRREN.
Wicked Movie Seeks New Director#349
Posted: 10/15/21 at 11:38am
Plannietink08 said: "HELEN MIRREN. HELEN MIRREN. HELEN MIRREN."
Either Helen or Meryl Streep would be perfect for Morrible.
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