Here’s Who Kristin Chenoweth Wants to Cast within the ‘Wicked’

Kristin Chenoweth has her dream casting in thoughts for the upcoming movie adaptation of “Wicked,” and we’re clicking our heels collectively 3 times to verify we’re not dreaming at even the considered it.

Chenoweth, who performed Glinda the Good Witch within the “Wizard of Oz” prequel stage musical and was nominated for a Tony Award for her work, mentioned Dove Cameron ought to tackle her function for the movie musical.

“I have done two movies with her and I’ve played her mother twice, so I would see that as passing the crown so to speak,” Chenoweth mentioned on “The Talk.”

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Cameron is the star of the Disney Channel present “Liv and Maddie.” She has featured on stage in a manufacturing of “Mamma Mia” and others, and she or he additionally had a recurring function on “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”

What about Elphaba, Glinda’s inexperienced greatest good friend who turns into the Wicked Witch of the West? It’s laborious to high Idina Menzel, however Chenoweth thought one of many largest pop stars on the planet could be splendid.

“I think Ariana Grande would make the perfect Elphaba,” Chenoweth mentioned. “Both of them have got to be great actors and great singers …. and funny and sad, and both good and evil, and I just think they have it.”

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Chenoweth was then requested if she would ever collaborate with Grande on a undertaking.

“Yes. I mean, is the pope Catholic,” she joked. “I think she’s one, the most talented artists that we have. And I would like to celebrate that with her. But, no matter what, I’m her big sister, her mentor, that’s what I want to be more than anything.”

Stephen Daldry is directing the movie produced by Marc Platt and Winnie Holzman, who wrote the unique musical guide, is writing the screenplay.

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Universal’s “Wicked” opens in theaters Dec. 22, 2021.

Watch the clip of Chenoweth on “The Talk” above.