“But we were never going for a witchy look,” she added about the making of Erivo’s character. “We were making it very real, very timeless and very connected to everybody. We weren’t going for the prosthetic fantasy version at all. Jon [M. Chu] always wanted everything real.”

Cynthia Erivo is a proponent of fans being able to sing along to songs from her musical "Wicked" at the movies, despite what theaters say.

Wicked’ star Marissa Bode opened up about receiving many ‘aggressive comments’ about her character’s disability

Wicked star Marissa Bode has criticised those who have joked about the disability of her character, Nessarose. The musical-fantasy film follows Elphaba Thropp ( Cynthia Erivo) and Galinda Upland ( Ariana Grande) as they meet at Shiz University, beginning a journey that will change the very fabric of Oz.

"It is simply a low-hanging fruit that too many of you are comfortable taking." Marissa Bode is trying to change attitudes toward her Wicked character's disability for good. The actress, who uses a wheelchair in real life and on screen,