Of course, director Jon M. Chu could have approached this in any number of ways.
Menzel and Chenoweth could simply have appeared in the background of a scene or served as educators at Shiz.
However, such options wouldn’t have done their legacies withWickedjustice.
TheWickedmusicaldebuted on Broadway in 2003 and is now the longest-running show on this iconic New York street.
Still,no one could ever forget Menzel and Chenoweth’s contribution to this beloved musical.
It’s for precisely this reason that their roles in the 2024 film had to be spectacular.
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Still, Menzel and Chenoweth deserved more than simply reciting a prophecy and some Oz propaganda.
Luckily,their unique roles allowed for some more meaningful nodsto these actors' original characters.
Wickedis available to rent or buy on digital.
Wicked adapts the Broadway musical into a two-part film, following the unlikely friendship between Elphaba, born with green skin, and Glinda, a popular aristocrat, in the Land of Oz. As they navigate their contrasting paths, they evolve into Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
Still,adding in new characters for the pair was a bit of a risk.
“Wiz-O-Mania” comes straight from the stage, but the Wise Womencharacters are an addition to theWickedmusical.
The “One Short Day” sequence was especially stuffed full of past Elphaba and Galinda stars.
Earlier inWicked, Alice Fearn (who played Elphaba from 2017 to 2019) appears as Galinda’s mother.
Wickedperformers weren’t the only ones to appear in the 2024 movie.
