“I asked if we could reinvent that hair as micro braids because I knew you would still have the movement and you could still have the length, but there was a texture that was slightly different from what you would normally see on stage,” he said in an interview with Variety (via People).
It was a direct connection between me, as a black woman, and Elphaba, as a green woman.
In addition to the micro braids, Elphaba got long nails like a Erivo — another way for her to feel “connected to the person underneath, me.” “I wanted a progression. How she grows as a witch and as a woman. Some people wear makeup, I always have my nails done. It’s like another expanded way of expressing myself,” said the actress in an interview with People.
According to VarietyElphaba’s nails become darker as she expands her powers.
On Wicked
Wicked tells the story of two unlikely friends, Elphaba, before becoming the Wicked Witch of the West, and Glinda, the future Good Witch of the South, who become best friends, even with opposing personalities, different points of view and the fight for love of the same man.
In addition to Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grandethe cast of Wicked still has Jonathan Bailey (Bridgerton, Travel Companions), Bowen Yang (Megaromantic, Saturday Night Live) and Jeff Goldblum (Jurassic Park) and Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere at the Same Time), between others. Watch the trailer:
Rolling Stone Brazil film special
Cinema is the theme of the new printed special from Rolling Stone Brazil. In a magazine dedicated to lovers of the seventh art, we interviewed Francis Ford Coppolawho turns 85 amid the release of his new film, Megalopolisa bold and million-dollar undertaking financed by himself.
Unshakable in the face of controversial reactions to the novelty, which took around 40 years to get off the ground, the filmmaker defends the cinema industry’s boldness in being creative and opens up, in plain Portuguese, about Brazil’s influence in his new film: “Alegria” .
The special also features conversations with Walter Salles, Fernanda Torres and Selton Mello on I’m Still Herea chat about soundtracks with maestro João Carlos Martins, an exclusive list with the 100 best films in history (50 national, 50 international), another list with the 101 greatest soundtracks in the history of cinema, a warm-up for the Oscars 2025 and the launch radar for Globoplay, Globo Filmes, O2 Play and O2 Filmes for the coming months.
The movie special Rolling Stone Brazil It is now available on newsstands, but can also be purchased at the Perfil publisher’s store for R$29.90. Check it out:
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