The ‘Wicked’ actress confessed that the Marvel character represents her “dream role”
Cynthia Erivo You already know which character you want to play on camera next. In an interview with National Board of Review (via People) during an event in New York, this Tuesday, the 7th, the actress revealed her “dream role”.
“I really want to play Storm,” he said, mentioning the Marvel heroine. The character was played by Halle Berry in the franchise X-Men started in cinema in 2000.
Erivo continued, “I know it seems futile, but I think we still haven’t discovered how great she is and all the internal chaos that she has. So I think there’s a world where we can do something with this.”
Cynthia Erivo tells NBR her next dream role is X-Men’s Storm 👀🌩️ #NBRAwards#CynthiaErivopic.twitter.com/LS8LNJekAv
— National Board of Review (@NBRfilm) January 8, 2025
Berry played the comic book character for the last time in 2014, when he starred X-Men:Days of Future Past. Alexandra Shipp played a younger version of Storm in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019).
Erivo starred Wicked next to Ariana Grandewho was also at the event and talked about his plans. She commented on the rumors about playing Audrey Hepburn in a biopic in an interview with Access Hollywood: “Oh my God, why is everyone asking me this? You guys are crazy! You guys are crazy, I love you.”
@accesshollywood#ArianaGrande reacts to the #AudreyHepburn chatter! #awardseason♬ original sound – Access Hollywood
Rumors about the possible casting of Ariana began after the artist used pieces with a strong influence from Hepburnlike the dress Givenchy yellow from the 1966 archive, displayed in the Golden Globes 2025. The choice, according Bigwas a reference to her character Glinda in Wicked and the famous phrase: “Follow the yellow brick road”.
Source: Rollingstone
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