This goes even deeper than you would think.
He ultimately landed on “Elphaba” because it was wholly unusual but “not particularly pretty.”
This is important toElphaba’s character.
Of course, the name Elphaba has come to mean something else entirely after all these years.
Fans ofWickedknow and love this character, and the name Elphaba is commonplace in the musical community.
Custom image by Yeider Chacon
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.
