SNL star Bowen Yang has joined the upcoming movie adaptation of Wicked.
Over the last couple of years, information regarding the highly anticipated film has slowly started to leaked to the public.
In November 2021, Broadway powerhouse Cynthia Erivo and beloved pop icon Ariana Grande were announced as Elphaba and Glinda, respectively.
Nearly a year later, director John M Chu revealed that Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey signed on to play the lovable Prince Fiyero.
“He’s perfect, they’re perfect. They’d be perfect together. Born to be forever….. I am too excited to pretend this hasn’t been happening. We have a Fiyero!!!!” the Crazy Rich Asians director wrote on Twitter.
Now it looks like the film has wrapped up its principal cast with an array of notable actors, including Yang.
According to a report from Deadline, the Fire Island star has been tapped to play Elphaba and Glinda’s Shiz University classmate Pfannee.
Shortly after the news was announced, the Bros star celebrated his casting with an Instagram post that poked fun at the musical’s One Short Day song.
“What the f*ck is a “hoi polloi”????” he wrote alongside a photo of a heart with Glinda written in the center.
Additional casting for the forthcoming musical includes Marissa Bode as Elphaba’s younger sister Nessa, Bronwyn James as Shiz student ShenShen, Keala Settle as Miss Coddle, Aaron Teoh as Avaric, Colin Michael Carmichael as Nikidki, Jeff Goldblum as The Wizard, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible and Ethan Slater as Boq.
The recent Wicked news comes a few months after Chu announced that the movie would be split into two parts – with the first film being released in 2024 and the second in 2025.
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