Everyone listen, this is not a drill!!! Yesterday we finally got some leaks of Ethan as Boq! It's on an outdoor Shiz set, and it looks like they were filming move in day for the Shiz students.
Here's a pic of him with Galinda
It's kinda hard to see him in this one, but here he is amongst the other students
I think this one is out of character, but here is is talking to a crew member.
This one is also out of character, Ethan talking to Ariana
In hindsight, I feel bad that us Wicked fans, myself included, were so worried about Ariana Grande’s casting as Glinda. She’s been an actresses before, she’s classically trained, had already been on Broadway before, she has Kristin Chenoweth’s approval, among other things possibly. Why were we so worried? Maybe we were being unfair. I get we were worried about stunt casting, but the signs of her being a stunt weren't actually there. I feel like maybe if she weren't as well known—like she were only known as Cat Valentine up till the point in casting or something—fans wouldn't have been as upset or hard of her. Hell, maybe people would've been really excited and proud, but because she’s a well-known person people were rude, despite her seemingly having what it takes. And even though Taylor Louderman is super talented and seems nice enough, and I feel bad that she auditioned and didn't get the part, it was kinda low of her to like posts about Ariana being a stunt cast. I get her pain, but there was no need for that. And people argue that Dove Cameron would've been a better casting choice, and I agree she also would've been a good alternative, and others can have their own opinions, but I feel like some would’ve had a similar reaction if she was actually cast, just to a lesser degree, because people are never satisfied. I doubt she even wants that role specifically, as her newer image seems to be going against the Glinda type she was once set in most of the time. She wants to leave the Disney image of her behind right now. I myself was worried because of her performance in Hairspray Live felt more like just her singing songs from Hairspray, not her acting as Penny, and I didn't want the same for Glinda. But I realized now that the Wicked films are a much bigger deal than Hairspray Live and she’s always seemed much more passionate and serious about Wicked than Hairspray, even long before being cast as Glinda. And her acting and singing in Hairspray Live might’ve not even been her fault. I wouldn't be surprised if the people behind Hairspray Live wanted her to be more Grande than Penny to draw in more viewers.
It really should not have gotten to the point where people were trying to prove she was lip-syncing in that set recording of “No One Morns The Wicked” that was leaked (?) this year. I'm not even a big Ariana Grande listener and I knew immediately that that was her voice. I knew for a fact it wasn't Kristin’s—come on, folks! I mean some of y’all were acting like this was another Mean Girls + Cameron Dallas situation, it was never that bad.
Next time this happens let's hold off on the stunt accusations till there’s actual evidence that that’s the case. And let’s remember to treat celebrities with kindness and fairness in situations where it's deserved; I get they're privileged, and Ari is not a perfect person, but they're people too, and we should be fair.
hollywood and the general public is eating jonathan bailey up with bridgerton and now the wicked movies but were you there for him when he played young leonardo da vinci on cbbc in 2011????? well were you?????
As a Wicked fan I love that they are doing this, as now no songs will be cut and there's still room to add the 4 new songs that they are adding. I love Wicked and I don't agree with people saying this is a money grab. They want to do justice to the Source Material and to me that means both the book and the musical. This also means that we might see Dorothy in Pt. 2 of the movie. Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman are working on the movies as well. I just know those movies are going to be epic!
Me in 2014 deludedly posting about Frankie Grande on big brother, truly allowing myself to get queerbaited by cbs vs me now posting about Ariana Grande, fully believing she will be a gay witch 2024
dev patel really said "i support trans ppls rights....... trans ppls rights to kill bigots with guns and metal pipes and chairs and cool knives'' anyway watch monkey man