Wicked
Spoilers Alert : This article turn back spoilers for WIcked and its coming sequel , Wicked : For Good .
InWicked , Elphaba ( Cynthia Erivo ) used the poppy flowers in class to make everybody around her fall into a deep sleep , but surprisingly , one classmate , Fiyero ( Jonathan Bailey ) , was not impress by the spell . Adapted from the Broadway musical and Gregory Maguire novel , Wickedwas release to consuming decisive acclamation , due to its fidelity to the musical adaptation , beguile performances , andcleverWizard of OzEaster egg . The movie has grossed more than $ 600 million at the box office , establish it one of the highest - grossing flick of 2024 , and acquire the Golden Globe Award for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement .
Elphaba ’s magical powersare research throughoutWicked , and she was shown to be able to levitate items and see glimpses of the future ; during her sentence at Shiz University , she was trained by Madame Morrible ( Michelle Yeoh ) to control her abilities . Elphaba is show to employ her magic at time when her emotions overcome herandwhat happens to Doctor Dillamond inWickedcauses her to make everybody fall asleep in family . However , she spared one class fellow , Fiyero from the spell , and they worked together to take action against the ruthlessness of animals in the pic .
Elphaba Subconsciously Protected Fiyero Because She Loves Him
Elphaba’s Feelings For Fiyero Were Explored In The Song “I’m Not That Girl”
In one class , Elphaba put everybody to catch some Z’s using poppies , to save a lion cub from a live experiment . However , she spared Fiyero from the charm , and the two travel to the woods to release the sonny boy . When they entered the Grant Wood , they become into a abbreviated line about what happened in class , before Elphaba noticed a scrape on Fiyero ’s face , leading them to partake in a abbreviated bit of link . Fiyero go further into the woods to expel the cub , leaving Elphaba to reflect on her feelings towards him in " I ’m Not That Girl,“part ofWicked’siconic soundtrack .
When Elphaba first met Fiyero , she act dismissively toward him . InWicked , Elphaba ’s green skincaused her to be ostracized by everybody , and she immediately trust Fiyero would do the same . Elphaba eventually came to realize that she was in love with Fiyero , which explain why she subconsciously spar him from the flowers in class . However , as shown in " I ’m Not That Girl , " Elphaba did n’t think Fiyero would be concerned in her over Glinda , so she keep her feelings to herself . When Fiyero necessitate her why she spar him from the charm , she did n’t give him an answer .
How Fiyero’s Poppy Scene Foreshadows His Wicked 2 Story
Fiyero Will Return In Wicked: For Good
The movie ’s poppy scene subtly give clue toFiyero ’s eventual fate in theWickedsequel . It is confirmed that Fiyero will yield in the subsequence , Wicked : For Good , and will fiddle a large part in Elphaba ’s continued battle against the Wizard and Madame Morrible . As seen in the Broadway melodic , Fiyero is finally captured by the guard , but Elphaba casts a spell to protect him from dying . While the movie offer hints about his fate in the sequel , it ’s Fiyero ’s resistance to conjuration that forecast his eventual transformation into the Scarecrow .
Throughout Wicked : Part 1 , there are hints that Elphaba has sure power as a witch , include the power to potentially see into the future .
Ina critical Scarecrow import inThe Wizard of Oz , when Dorothy and her friends walk through a poppy field , only to have the Wicked Witch of the West cast a sleeping piece over them . Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion immediately fall numb , butthe Scarecrow and the Tin Man remain insensible by the magic . Fiyero ’s ability to stand firm the quiescency spell inWicked’spoppy vista is a subtle reflection of the Scarecrow ’s resistance towards magic inThe Wizard of Ozand this connection between the picture show offers viewer a clever foreshadowing of his eventual fate in the upcoming continuation .
Wicked adapts the Broadway musical into a two - part film , following the unlikely friendship between Elphaba , born with green cutis , and Glinda , a pop aristocrat , in the Land of Oz . As they navigate their contrast paths , they evolve into Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West .
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