Wicked

Wickedfeatures a vibrant roll of characters , including one play by the fabled Peter Dinklage , whose cast come as something of a surprise due to previous media insurance coverage suggesting the role he end up playing would in all likelihood go to a woman . Wickedprimarily follows Elphaba ( Cynthia Erivo ) and Glinda ( Ariana Grande - Butera ) , who meet and become friends at Shiz University . The two future witches change each other ’s life irrevocably , but their paths are also altered by those around them , including peers , partners , and instructor .

Almost immediately , Elphaba and Glinda find themselves in a complicated power moral force with both Madame Morrible ( Michelle Yeoh ) andDinklage ’s Dr. Dillamond . Morrible does n’t want to teach Glinda magicbut favors Elphaba , motivating jealousy that worsens the initial hostility between the two roomy . Elphaba also bonds with Dillamond , a talk Capricorn the Goat who teaches historyand throw Elphaba mindful of the subjugation the animals of Oz are facing . Dillamond was antecedently well - acknowledge as a character because of his bearing in the Broadway show , but his journeying to the screen included some intelligence that did n’t turn out to be honest .

Wicked Theory Suggested That Dr. Dillamond Would Be Gender-Swapped In The Movie

An Interview With Bowen Yang Led To Most Forums Assuming This About Dillamond’s Character

" The goat is stay on , unfortunately . The goat is in . You ’re move to love the goat [ … ] Right now it ’s a endearing puppeteer . They ’re fit to cast her afterwards , but right now it ’s a puppeteer named Louisa and she ’s been doing amazing line reads . "

Why Peter Dinklage’s Casting As Dr. Dillamond In Wicked Was For The Best

Dinklage Was An Excellent Choice For Dillamond, While The Movie Makes Some Great Changes Surrounding The Character

Yang also point out that Dillamond would " alas " be in the picture show , sideways advert to Dr. Dillamond not beingWicked ’s most democratic character , with one of the most tiresome song . However , casting Dinklage was a stroke of genius for Dillamond , as were some other creative decision made surrounding him . Dinklage ’s life-threatening voice , relate with the various celebrated fictional genius he has play , immediately draw Dillamond a more serious character in the audience ’s mind — no little feat , when he is playing a talking Capricorn the Goat in the inherently nuts setting of Oz .

The characters of the Broadway hit Wicked head to the big screen with a cast that includes a pop star , an Oscar winner , and legion phase oldtimer .

Jon M. Chu and his team also saved Dillamond ’s song " Something Bad , " replacing parts that Elphaba whistle in the show with other creature who are actually affected by what is being discussed . They also make an intriguingly ghost effect with Dillamond ’s speech to his fellow animals being accompanied by shadow puppet visuals . At this point in time , there are few thing that the great unwashed can say are wrong about theWickedmovie . Chu came up with astonishing on - screen executions for almost everything , include Dr. Dillamond .

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prankish adapts the Broadway melodic into a two - part movie , play along the unlikely friendship between Elphaba , born with green skin , and Glinda , a democratic aristocrat , in the Land of Oz . As they voyage their contrasting paths , they evolve into Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West .

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A composite image of Peter Dinklage and Doctor Dillamond in Wicked

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Wicked