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Lady Gaga was as reported first choice for the role of Elphaba in the 2016 film version directed by Stephen Daldry. The source said Page six“They had meetings, the two of them, about the character and who she would be. [Gaga] was basically involved in his version, and then it flopped.” Then, in 2020, Stephen left from the project due to scheduling conflicts.
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Amanda Seyfried shared that she auditioned play Glinda. At the same time, she was filming her miniseries on Hulu. Dropoutfor which she received an Emmy Award. “I have dreams that I’m still auditioning for. Wicked“, she said.
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Dove Cameron said that Wicked the audition process was “one of the longest processesShe went through it. She didn't directly say what role she auditioned for, but has said in the past that Glinda was “the role of a lifetime.”
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Cristin Milioti said she auditioned for Elphaba. She had two weeks to prepare and was obsessed with the final riff of “Defying Gravity”. When it came time to sing it at the audition, she said, “I opened my mouth wide and took a deep breath. The sound that came out of me is what I will hear on my deathbed.”
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Phylicia Pearl Mpasi said she auditioned for the film. In a YouTube video posted to her channel, she tearfully spoke about how the film made her feel like a black woman and hopes it can do the same for other young women. “I act like I'm in on it, and I'm not,” she said. “I auditioned but didn’t get it. It's okay, Cynthia will be, oh, she'll be a star.”
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Nick Jonas auditioned from Fiyero and added that he was actually running with his brother Joe. “We never talked about it publicly, but we both auditioned for the same role—Joe and I,” Nick said. “It was for WickedIn fact.”
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Joe Jonas said it was weird listening against his brother, but in the end he wanted one of them to be chosen. He said he told Nick, “Go there and kill him. It must be one of us.”
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Renee Rapp said she auditioned for the role of Glinda. “Ariana will… can I swear? “She's going to be fucking amazing.” I’m so excited,” she said. said on Watch what happens live.
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Ryan McCartan auditioned for the role of Fiyero. He previously played the role on Broadway in the show's 15th anniversary cast. On Door to the stage podcast, he said“John [M. Chu]you didn't cast me in the film even though I worked so hard. It's okay, no hard feelings. I confirm that I auditioned… One of the many, many things I didn't book.”
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Spencer Sutherland confirmed he received a “double award.” call back” to play Fiyero. “I thought it was a great audition,” he said. “When they called me a couple times, I was like, 'Oh my gosh, this is real.' He said he didn't know how many other actors were being considered at the time.
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Mean Girls star Taylor Lauderman auditioned for the film and took to Instagram when news of the casting finally became public. “uuuuck, did I even audition or did I think I had a chance?!” she wrote on her Instagram story along with a screenshot. Deadline casting announcement. She later shared a candid selfie with the text: “This business… you can't care too much about the role you're auditioning for (otherwise you might get hurt and not come back) but you have to care enough to give it your all. This time I cared too much. I hope it's okay for me to share this.”
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Finally, Ariana Grande was obviously cast as Glinda in the film, but she also auditioned play Elphaba. She explained that she sang both roles at the audition, but “secretly knew” that she was better suited for the role of Glinda.
