That’s, coincidentally, how much time the Wicked filmmakers had to shoot those cameos for the “One Short Day” scene in the film based on the iconic Broadway musical of the same name.
“There was no world where we wouldn’t invite them to come be a part of this,” director Jon M. Chu tells The Hollywood Reporter.
Let’s make them this iconic legends of Oz on the stage show, and let them present the history of Oz.
We just had one day to do it.” Two other cameos appear in the sequence.
Winnie Holzman, who wrote the book of the musical Wicked, appears as a resident of Emerald City.
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One brief day. Interestingly, the filmmakers of Wicked had that much time to shoot the cameos for the “One Short Day” scene in the movie, which is based on the well-known Broadway musical of the same name.
In the movie, Glinda (Ariana Grande) and Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) attend a stage show about the history of Oz before traveling to the Emerald City to meet the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum). At that moment, the original Broadway cast members Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, who portrayed Glinda and Elphaba, respectively, seem to lead the audience through the city’s colorful history.
The director Jon M. Chu tells The Hollywood Reporter, “There was no world where we wouldn’t invite them to come and be a part of this.”. Because they are such iconic figures, particularly in these roles, the question for us was how much they are willing to do in it and how much the story itself could handle. “.”.
It was akin to a mania, he adds. “Let’s make them the biggest stars of Oz,” we said. Let them perform the history of Oz in this iconic stage production of The Legends of Oz. They would be Oz’s wise women. It just made sense, it seemed. From what I recall, [composer] Steven Schwartz said, “I know exactly how to do it,” since we needed to know some details about the history of Oz, and since it would be them, it would have greater significance. “”.
According to Chu, they had to film this scene in a single day after smuggling Menzel and Chenoweth into London. One night, starting at 7 p.m., we had a late night. A. till six in the morning. On a rainy evening, m. When they performed the songs and had their memorable moments, it was truly lovely. The cool thing about the day, in my opinion, was that it was truly therapeutic for everyone. I said, “This is in your honor.”. The entire reason we made this film is in your honor because we want you to know what it was like to see Elphaba and Glinda steal our hearts when we first saw it. I went to the theater before it was released on Broadway, and you will never be able to experience that. We get to do that for you now. Ari is in tears the entire time. The entire time, Cynthia was in tears. On that particular set, there was a great deal of love. Therefore, I’m really appreciative that they came out there. I didn’t participate in the negotiation process. How they got there is beyond me. I only knew that they were willing and down. We only had a single day to complete it. “.”.
The sequence also features two other cameos. In Emerald City, Winnie Holzman, the author of the musical Wicked, makes an appearance. Upon arriving at the palace, Schwartz declares, “The Wizard will see you now.”.
Among the other actors in Wicked, which debuted in theaters on Friday through Universal Pictures, are Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, Marissa Bode as Nessarose, Keala Settle as Miss Coddle, and Bowen Yang as Pfannee.
