Wicked director Jon M. Chu has shared a key inside detail about the upcoming sequel of the 2024 blockbuster film.
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are all set to reunite as Glinda and Elphaba in Wicked: For Good, which is slated to release on November 21.
Ahead of the release of the movie, Jon revealed that he made a major change in the new installment after the test screening.
He earlier decided to add another rendition of Defying Gravity to open the second sequel. But immediately after the test screening, the 46-year-old filmmaker thought this is not a good idea.
He said in an interview, “We ended Defying Gravity again, and we then catapulted in, just to get people back in it.”
According to the Crazy Rich Asians director, he initially thought that it is important to remind people of the relationship between Elphaba and Glinda.
But after the screening, “I was like, ‘Oh, we just want to jump in. People are on it with us.”
Chu told Collider, “Having Defying Gravity, that sense at the beginning of this movie, doesn't help us. We lived it. We have been processing that. Now let's move forward.”
Wicked: For Good will also feature Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Colman Domingo and Jeff Goldblum.
