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One Elphaba Idea That Absolutely Came From Cynthia Erivo (And That I Love)

January 29, 2025 - Movies


Cynthia Erivo and the Wicked cast and crew continue to be saturated in their Ozian world successes. That’s largely because those who worked on the film seemed to be passionately involved in giving the Broadway-turned-film adaptation its due, including Erivo. In fact, she had quite a say in Elphaba and her look. Now, a new Elphaba easter egg has been revealed and it confirms to me that the actress behind her more than deserves her place among the 2025 Oscar nominees.

Wicked has continued to defy gravity at the box office and the press circuit. So, the film’s director, Jon M. Chu, and Cynthia Erivo sat down to talk about it with The Wrap, and while in conversation they opened up about the Elphaba detail. The In the Heights director shared that the Harriet star probed about the idea of Elphie’s eye color, seemingly pretty early on in production. He noted that he was unsure of the choice at the time, saying:

I remember I got a text from you [Cynthia Erivo] about green eyes. I was like, green eyes, is that a great idea or a bad idea? I don’t know, I don’t know how to respond. And I think I said like, ‘We’ll try some things.’




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