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broadwayguy91 said: "Taron Egerton is such a butterface, ew.

Can he even sing?

and even more ewww to Ansel Elgort.



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Taron once won a Best Performer Award from the Stephen Sondheim Society when he was at RADA. Based on Wiki notes --



"Egerton is an RADA-trained actor who graduated with a BA (Hons) Acting in 2012.[10] He is a tenor through music and dance, specialising in stage combat, and his interests include literature and travel."

Double post - sorry.

Updated On: 7/22/16 at 05:40 AM

Film is slated for release in 2019 not 2009.

Call_me_jorge said: "Whateverjsays said: "Lea Michele as Elphaba, Jonathan Groff as Fiyero, Amanda Seyfried as Glinda and Patti LuPone as Madame M.... Thoughts?



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Don't scare me into thinking that was a real casting.



i wonder if the timeline for the movie production and release will be altered now that Daldry is rumored to be the new frozen director.



Also to get a bit off topic I wonder if a movie adaption of the musical bully Elliot will ever come about.



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I wish it was a real casting!



and the Billy Elliot movie actually came out in 2000

Whateverjsays said: "Lea Michele as Elphaba, Jonathan Groff as Fiyero, Amanda Seyfried as Glinda and Patti LuPone as Madame M.... Thoughts?



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Amanda Seyfried has a very weak and thin voice. She would be very miscast.

LuPone and Groff aren't big enough names to sell a movie.

Lea Michelle isn't a talented enough actress to pull off a big budget movie musical.

Gustin would actually work quite well as Fiyero bwayrose7. Good pick!

I still can't think of anybody for the two leads either. They're such monumentally iconic roles that nobody feels like a "perfect fit." I'm still predicting that Elphaba will be somebody along the lines of Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, etc.

And nobody other than Anna Kendrick for Nessarose, please.

Wicked with Broadway Theatre is coming to the Kennedy Cntr this December as well XD

They could give the two leads to unknowns. In terms of film talent, the best choices I came up with were Daisy Ridley and Emma Stone...
http://karereviews.weebly.com/more-wicked-film-casting-ideas.html

TotallyEffed said: "In my opinion, Lady Gaga is the best choice for Elphaba. She has the look and she can sing it better than anyone. She would be perfect.



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Not gonna lie. I really like this idea.

I suspect we will hear casting news by the end of the year for a 2018 start of filming so after it wrapped that’d give them a decent amount of time for post-production for that December 2019 release.

Honestly I think they either star for Elphaba and cast an unknown Glinda, or get Idina and Kristin. Yes they are too old, but I can't imagine anyone being upset about them being in the movie.

BroadwayConcierge said: "There's a thread going on about dream filmmakers working on movie musicals, and it reminded me that this is still supposedly happening. Any new word on it at all?"

The last update I could find was back in May where Stephen Schwartz said he was planning to write at least two new songs...
http://variety.com/2017/legit/news/stephen-schwartz-wicked-movie-2-new-songs-1202427625/

Marc Platt did say that this on track. But, filming should be happening early-mid next year though