Wicked film casting
Wicked film casting
Globefan
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/12
#1Wicked film casting
Posted: 11/16/19 at 7:49pm
Who do you want to be in the Wicked movie? I want a newcomer to play Elphaba.
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#3Wicked film casting
Posted: 11/16/19 at 9:04pm
I want Barbra Streisand to play Elphaba and to direct the film..
Updated On: 11/16/19 at 09:04 PM
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#4Wicked film casting
Posted: 11/16/19 at 9:07pm
ggersten said: "I want Barbra Streisand to play Elphaba and to direct the film.."
Opposite Glenn Close’s Glinda. THIS’LL finally get Glenn that long overdue Oscar.
#5Wicked film casting
Posted: 11/16/19 at 9:17pmIt depends on who’s around when they finally make it. We may all be dead by then.
Joe Mayo
Understudy Joined: 7/28/19
#6Wicked film casting
Posted: 11/16/19 at 9:50pm
Globefan said: "Who do you want to be in the Wicked movie? I want a newcomer to play Elphaba."
I'd prefer they at least cast the leads with Broadway bets and would be indifferent if they cast others with hollywood types.
But I'm sure they will look for whatever hollywood names they can, like Les Mis and Russell Crowe.
#7Wicked film casting
Posted: 11/16/19 at 11:41pmRussell Crowe would, like, totally kill it as Galinda
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#8Wicked film casting
Posted: 11/16/19 at 11:54pmBlue Ivy will probably be Elphaba
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rougeduck
Broadway Star Joined: 6/5/07
#10Wicked film casting
Posted: 11/17/19 at 1:28amThis subject line could use some improvement.
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#11Wicked film casting
Posted: 11/17/19 at 6:58am
BrodyFosse123 said: "Opposite Glenn Close’s Glinda. THIS’LL finally get Glenn that long overdue Oscar."
Meryl. Surely?
#12Wicked film casting
Posted: 11/18/19 at 8:18am
I think it should be animated.
then anyone can sing the parts regardless of if they are a known star or not, the product will sell itself.
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Owen22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
#13Wicked film casting
Posted: 9/21/20 at 11:04am
So, I just watched "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" on Netflix and Jessie Buckley was wonderful as always. It finally connected that she is peaking as an actress at the right time, as a singing actress, to perhaps play Elphaba in the film (if it is indeed happening in the next few years). If you remember, Jessie came in second to play Nancy on the "I'll Do Anything" Brit casting show for the West End "Oliver" as well as originating Anne in the Trevor Nunn "Night Music" revival in London (the one that starred Zeta-Jones here). She's a great actress with a great belt, who can be uber-vulnerable and turn around and be quite strong.
lightsarebrightonbroadway
Understudy Joined: 8/22/18
#14Wicked film casting
Posted: 9/21/20 at 5:22pm
I can say a certain Broadway Mean Girl has been in LA the past few weeks auditioning for this.
#15Wicked film casting
Posted: 9/21/20 at 5:27pm
Keke Palmer and Dove Cameron are my Elphie/Glinda pairing. I don't know if she has the full top belt, but Keke has a great voice and I think would be a fresh, comedic Elphaba with the right amount of joy and gravitas. I think Jessie Buckley would be pretty inspired casting, and I wouldn't be shocked if Zendaya was mentioned. Let Ariana play Nessa, with Christine Baranski or Jenifer Lewis as Morrible.
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Globefan
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/12
#16Wicked film casting
Posted: 9/21/20 at 7:20pm
I'd love to see a newcomer play Elphaba and Brittney Johnson as Glinda.
greensgreens
Broadway Star Joined: 10/14/09
Globefan
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/12
Tag
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#19Wicked film casting
Posted: 9/21/20 at 7:59pm
Would love to see Miriam Margolyes reprise her role. You need a Morrible with some craziness/zaniness but who can also really bring on the evil & dramatics. But I think where we will see the real star casting is with Morrible & the Wizard. The Elphie/Glinda/Fiyero will be relative "nobodies".
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#20Wicked film casting
Posted: 9/21/20 at 8:16pm
Meryl Streep will be Madame Morrible. A nice supporting role and she doesn’t have to carry the film and she’s always on every list, including those for men roles and children roles. She draws the line at animal roles.
Globefan
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/12
Tag
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#22Wicked film casting
Posted: 9/21/20 at 10:15pm
Globefan said: "Who can play Fiyero?"
White boys need not apply. 
#23Wicked film casting
Posted: 9/21/20 at 10:43pm
Globefan said: "Who can play Fiyero?"
Tony and Emmy nominee Jeremy Pope? He’s very talented and very dreamy. Check and check.
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop
#24Wicked film casting
Posted: 9/21/20 at 10:59pmCatherine O’Hara and Eugene Levy as Morrible and the Wizard?
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Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#25Wicked film casting
Posted: 9/22/20 at 3:34am
Tag said: "Globefan said: "Who can play Fiyero?"
White boys need not apply."
I mean, I don't know if they want to or are planning on going back to the source material at all (and god I do hope they drop all of the "Ozification" of the language), but a non-white Fiyero would be a simple way to go back to the novel, as Maguire makes it pretty clear that Fiyero is not white-skinned (one character describes his skin color as the color of sh*t)
