well, since the wicked movie has finally been officially announced, i figure i might as well come up with a cast for it. ideally, i’d love for them to take actors from broadway who haven’t had a shot in the tv/film industry and not just use big hollywood names, but lets be real, that’s not how hollywood works. so here’s my (most likely totally cliché, but “hollywood approved”) cast for the wicked movie adaptation.
elphaba- i’m 100% here for the whole young elphaba / older elphaba idea, so i have to go with lea michele as young elphie and idina menzel as older elphie. obviously, i’d love to see idina reprise her role, but i just don’t think hollywood would cast her as high school aged elphaba. i’ve always thought lea looked (and sounded) a bit like a younger idina so this one was probably a fairly obvious choice.
g(a)linda- again with the young / older idea. i had a harder time finding someone as visually or vocally similar to kristin, with the star-power that i expect hollywood is going to want for this movie. however, i’ve heard a lot of talk about kristen bell as young g(a)linda, and i’d like to see her paired with kristin chenoweth as older g(a)linda.
fiyero- okay, did anyone really expect anyone but aaron tveit from me? he’s obviously got the voice, the star-power, and he’s played the role before. it’s a no-brainer. (he’s also the only person on this list that i’m going to be really upset if he isn’t cast in this role.)
boq- as far as boq goes, i don’t have too much of an opinion, but i would love to see fra fee or darren criss in the role.