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[EDSOSLO858]

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.

Updated On: 9/6/21 at 03:00 PM

[degrassifan]

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.” 

 

[NOWaWarning]

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!

Updated On: 9/6/21 at 03:14 PM

[BwayBby605]

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 

[BwayLB]

Posted: 9/11/21 at 7:21pm

Hailey I just watched in Respect. She’s beautiful

Updated On: 9/11/21 at 07:21 PM

[Globefan]

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? 

[BwayBby605]

Posted: 9/13/21 at 11:27am

Because I was there

[soulmistin]

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.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

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.

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 9/15/21 at 7:33pm

From Deuxmoi:

[hearthemsing22]

Posted: 9/15/21 at 8:03pm

I’m extremely curious about who this Elphaba could be!! Any one have any guesses? Obviously it won’t be Jessie J…

[jbroadway4]

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 PM

[EDSOSLO858]

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???
 

Updated On: 9/15/21 at 09:30 PM

[Globefan]

Posted: 9/15/21 at 9:38pm

I don't think it's Dove Cameron 

[TaffyDavenport]

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."

 

[Globefan]

Posted: 9/15/21 at 10:13pm

I think it'll be a Broadway person who gets the role of Glinda 

[jlindsey865]

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."

"

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.

[Hamilfan2]

Posted: 9/15/21 at 11:28pm

Everyone’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.

[briankershawjr]

Posted: 9/17/21 at 8:47pm

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…

[JSquared2]

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? 

[briankershawjr]

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..,

[Globefan]

Posted: 10/14/21 at 6:26pm

Carol Kane said recently that she wants to play Morrible again 

[BrodyFosse123]

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.  

[Plannietink08]

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. 

[Nolan LuPone]

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.

Updated On: 10/15/21 at 11:38 AM