{"id":133810,"date":"2024-11-20T15:30:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T15:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/20\/wicked-movie-characters-vs-the-actors-who-play-them-in-real-life\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T15:30:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T15:30:17","slug":"wicked-movie-characters-vs-the-actors-who-play-them-in-real-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/20\/wicked-movie-characters-vs-the-actors-who-play-them-in-real-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Wicked Movie Characters vs. the Actors Who Play Them in Real Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-current\" wp_automatic_readability=\"49.094799566631\">\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><\/p>\n<p>Theater lovers and movie goers alike have been counting down the days until the film adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/everything-to-know-about-the-ariana-grande-led-wicked-film\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Broadway\u2019s <em>Wicked<\/em><\/a> premieres.<\/p>\n<p><em>Wicked<\/em> made its stage debut in 2003, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/idina-menzel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Idina Menzel<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/kristin-chenoweth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kristin Chenoweth<\/strong><\/a> playing witches Elphaba and Glinda, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>More than two decades later, fans are getting a two-part movie version of the musical starring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/cynthia-erivo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Cynthia Erivo<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/ariana-grande\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ariana Grande<\/strong><\/a> as university roommates-turned-powerful witches <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/stylish\/news\/ariana-grande-honors-galindas-broadway-costume-at-wicked-premiere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elphaba and Glinda<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the movies \u2014 the first of which premieres on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/jon-m-chu-joined-the-wicked-premiere-virtually-as-wife-gave-birth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Friday, November 22<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/cynthia-erivo-explains-why-wicked-is-split-into-2-movies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the second one year later<\/a> on November 21, 2025 \u2014 Elphaba and Glinda meet at Shiz University and bond over their magical journey to embrace their powers and their identity.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.5\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.964912280702\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/everything-to-know-about-the-ariana-grande-led-wicked-film\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/everything-to-know-about-the-ariana-grande-led-wicked-film\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">&#8216;Wicked: Part 2&#8217; 2025 Release Date Gets Bumped Up<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tAfter nearly 10 years of development, the long-awaited film adaptation of Broadway\u2019s Wicked is finally on the way. The film version of the musical, a theatrical staple since its 2004 Broadway debut, has been in development since 2012. Wicked, based on Gregory Maguire\u2019s 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>When they encounter the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jeff-goldblum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jeff Goldblum<\/strong><\/a>), their friendship is tested as they navigate a series of events that culminate in Elphaba becoming the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda being dubbed the Good Witch of Oz.<\/p>\n<p>Scroll down to see what the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/ariana-grande-corrects-the-wicked-official-instagram-page-on-lyrics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Wicked<\/em> stars<\/a> look like in the movie compared to real life:<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/wicked-movie-characters-vs-the-actors-who-play-them-in-real-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theater lovers and movie goers alike have been counting down the days until the film adaptation of Broadway\u2019s Wicked premieres. Wicked made its stage debut in 2003, with Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth playing witches Elphaba and Glinda, respectively. More than two decades later, fans are getting a two-part movie version of the musical starring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-133810","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}