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For All Wicked And Wizard of Oz biggest fanThis may come as no surprise Wicked: for good Dorothy’s iconic ruby red slippers are depicted as silver. But for everyone else, the film’s costume designer has shared the interesting reason.
for goodNow in theaters, Cynthia Erivo plays Elphaba, who lives in exile after being denounced as the Wicked Witch of the West, while Ariana Grande plays Glinda the Good Witch lives in popularity and fame in the Emerald City castle. When an angry mob rises up against Elphaba, she must reunite with Glinda to change herself and all of Oz for good.
*warning, possibility Wicked: for good Spoilers to follow*
sequel, Which comes a year after Jon M. Chu’s Oscar-nomination WickedAdapts the second half of the hit Broadway musical and welcomes a brief appearance from lead protagonist Dorothy the Wizard of Oz.
While the original 1939 led by Judy Garland Wizard of Oz , l. Based on the 1900 novel by Frank Baum – Dorothy is shown in shining ruby-red slippers, Wicked Costume designer Paul Tazewell told People That Baum never wrote the color of his shoes was red.
“They’re not rubies,” he said. “In the book, they were these weird little silver shoes.”
However, because the Wizard of Oz Made in Technicolor Studios, mgmwas keen to showcase the full range of colors that could be captured by the process and gave creative freedom to costume designer Gilbert Adrian deviate from the source material,
Tazewell instead chose to honor Baum’s original concept. And give Dorothy silver heels for good,
Additionally, since MGM, now owned by Warner Bros., owns the rights to Ruby Red Slippers, and the Wicked films are distributed by Universal Pictures, director Chu “had limitations as to what we could or could not reference.”
Thus, “We never use ruby slippers,” he explained. Diversity Last month.
The slippers are an important detail in the story, helping to set events in motion. Originally given to Elphaba’s disabled sister, Nessarose (played by Marisa Bode) by their father, Glinda later gifted them to Dorothy after Nessarose’s death.
When Elphaba learns that her family inheritance has been given to Dorothy, she becomes angry and chases her away.
for goodwhich opened in theaters on Friday, is already on track to break box office records and become the biggest opening ever for a Broadway adaptation. It has so far grossed $151 million domestically and $228 million globally.
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Along with Erivo and Grande, it welcomes Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh and Ethan Slater. Colman Domingo has joined the cast as the voice of the Cowardly Lion.
Wicked: for good Currently running in theatres.