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\t\t<\/p>\n There has been a lot of rumor and speculation (and as they say in Oz, innuendo and outuendo \ud83d\ude09), about the sexuality of Elphaba and Glinda in Wicked<\/strong><\/a><\/em>\u2026 and now the writer of the movie is responding.<\/p>\n Fans of the Wicked <\/em>universe have speculated that Glinda and Elphaba are both queer and in a romantic relationship with each other. Actresses Ariana Grande<\/strong><\/a> and Cynthia Erivo<\/strong><\/a> both responded to the theories<\/a>. <\/p>\n Gregory Maguire<\/strong><\/a>, who wrote the \u201cWicked\u201d novel, has even confirmed that he intentionally put some \u201csapphic tension\u201d<\/a> between the characters.<\/p>\n Now, Broadway and movie writer Winnie Holzman<\/strong><\/a> is speaking out in response to theories about how the characters were written in the film.<\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cFor me, that is not it,\u201d Winnie <\/strong>told THR<\/a><\/em> about the speculation. \u201cBut that is not to say that I don\u2019t feel gratitude if the queer community is feeling queerness in the movie. There\u2019s very real reasons why that would be, and I think that\u2019s beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIn a funny way, it\u2019s really not my business. I want people to have their own response,\u201d Winnie <\/strong>added. \u201cBoth of them have a destiny and they needed each other to reach that destiny, and to me, isn\u2019t that fulfilling enough?\u201d<\/p>\n Get the scoop on cast changes for the second movie<\/a>. <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n