Wicked (2024 film)

Wicked (titled onscreen as Wicked Part One) is a 2024 epic musical fantasy film about an unlikely friendship between two women who go on to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.

Directed by Jon M. Chu. Written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, based on the Broadway musical by Stephen Schwartz, which in turn is based on the novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire.

Everyone deserves the chance to fly.

Elphaba Thropp

• Something bad is happening in Oz.

Galinda Upland

• Are people born wicked? Or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?
• Elphaba Thropp, listen to me. You can do this. You can do anything.

Fiyero Tiggelar

• Well, I see that once again, the responsibility to corrupt my fellow students falls to me
• [to Elphaba] Why is it that every time I see you, you're causing some sort of commotion?

Madame Morrible

• Citizens of Oz! There is an enemy who must be found and captured. Believe nothing she says. She has stolen our Grimmerie. She is evil, responsible for the mutilation of these poor innocent monkeys! Her green skin is but an outward manifestorium of her twisted nature. This distortion! This repulsion! This wicked witch!!!

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

• The best way to bring folks together is to give them a real good enemy.

Dialogue

Radio Announcer: Glinda, exactly how dead is she?

Glinda: Because there has been so much rumor and speculation, let me set the record straight. According to the Time Dragon Clock, the Melting occurred at the thirteenth hour, the direct result of a bucket of water thrown by a female child. Yes, the Wicked Witch of the West is dead!

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Fiyero Tiggelar: Could you do something for me?

Pfannee: I can do anything you want.

Fiyero Tiggelar: Could you please move aside?

Pfannee: That is something that you want.

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Galinda Upland: [after Madame Morrible calls Elphaba a "wicked witch"] Don't be afraid.

Elphaba Thropp: I'm not afraid. It's the Wizard who should be afraid of me.

Cast

• Cynthia Erivo – Elphaba Thropp (adult)
  • Karis Musongole – Elphaba Thropp (young)
• Ariana Grande-Butera – Galinda Upland/Glinda
• Jonathan Bailey – Fiyero Tiggelar
• Ethan Slater – Boq Woodsman
• Bowen Yang – Pfannee

• Peter Dinklage – Doctor Dillamond (voice)
• Michelle Yeoh – Madame Morrible
• Jeff Goldblum – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
• Marissa Bode – Nessarose Thropp (adult)
  • Cesily Collette Taylor – Nessarose Thropp (young)
• Andy Nyman – Governor Thropp

• Courtney-Mae Briggs – Mrs. Thropp
• Bronwyn James – Shenshen
• Aaron Teoh – Avaric
• Keala Settle – Miss Coddle
• Sharon D. Clarke – Dulcibear (voice)
• Jenna Boyd – Wolf Doctor (voice)
• Colin Michael Carmichael – Professor Nikidik

External links

• Wicked quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Wicked at Rotten Tomatoes
• Wicked at Box Office Mojo
• Wicked at Metacritic