Wicked Director Almost Cast No-Namers Before Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo: Why He Changed His Mind

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Wicked Director Almost Cast No-Namers Before Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo: Why He Changed His Mind

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Elphaba and Glinda could have looked very different on the big screen. Wicked director Jon M. Chu revealed in a recent interview with SFX Magazine that before Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande were cast in the lead roles for the upcoming long-awaited film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical he originally considered "no-namers." "I wanted to have a very clear slate coming into Wicked," recalled Chu, 45. "It's a big enough property on its own, so we can discover two people.
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