The Wicked: For Good trailer is lastly right here, however there’s nonetheless one enormous thriller in regards to the movie left unsolved – who’s taking part in Dorothy?
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande return to the fantastic land of Oz as Elphaba and Glinda respectively, within the follow-up to 2024’s Oscar-winning fantasy hit Wicked.
The eagerly anticipated trailer for the film teases the fallout of Elphaba and Glinda’s estrangement and the previous’s quest to reveal the Wizard for precisely who he’s.
And that is not the one secret the trailer holds, with followers nonetheless no nearer to studying who will play Dorothy Gale, the younger farmgirl from Kansas who by accident transports to Oz together with her canine Toto.
The trailer exhibits a glimpse of the character in her signature blue and white gingham gown, however we do not get to see her face, neither is there an actor confirmed within the position simply but.
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Rumours are circulating as to which star will land the long-lasting position, following within the footsteps of Judy Garland, who performed Dorothy within the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
Many imagine Depraved Little Letters and Abigail star Alisha Weir will take on the role, with the actor addressing the “completely loopy” hypothesis earlier this yr.
“After I noticed the hearsay, I believed that is completely loopy and it went so loopy on social media and everybody was asking me… I imply that might be fantastic,” she informed Irish broadcaster RTÉ.
“I’m such an enormous fan of Depraved and I noticed the primary one with my household. I’m such an enormous fan of Jon Chu’s work and Ariana Grande and Cynthia, however that might be fairly cool.”
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Director Jon M. Chu gave extra perception into the character and the way a lot we are going to see her on-screen in an interview with Vanity Fair.
“That intersection is the place that we have been first launched into Oz,” he mentioned, referring to Dorothy strolling Oz’s Yellow Brick Highway within the trailer.
On the truth that Dorothy is a extra distinguished character within the Depraved movie universe than within the stage present, Chu added: “We tread frivolously, however attempt to make extra sense of the way it impacts our women and our characters than perhaps the present does. We’re delicate. We’re delicate. We’re delicate.”
Fortunately, followers haven’t got lengthy to attend to search out out who might be taking part in Dorothy with Depraved: For Good hitting screens this autumn.
Depraved: For Good is launched in cinemas on 21 November.
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Rebecca is a contract journalist who focuses on TV and movie. After starting her profession as a digital leisure journalist for the Categorical & Star and Shropshire Star, she launched into a contract profession in 2021 contributing to the likes of Metro UK, The Solar, WhatCulture, Display Rant, FilmHounds Journal and extra.
Her explicit area of curiosity is horror cinema and she or he has written for style publications similar to Ghouls Journal and Transferring Photos Movie Membership.
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