Depraved is already bursting with stars, from Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo to Jonathan Bailey and Jeff Goldblum. However the movie takes its star meter up a notch by incorporating three of probably the most influential figures from the unique stage present into the movie.
Who has cameos in Depraved?
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in “Wicked.”
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Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, the unique Broadway Elphaba and Glinda, each pop into Depraved for transient cameos that nonetheless had the viewers at my screening going wild. They present up within the tune “One Short Day,” when Elphaba (Erivo) and Glinda (Grande) arrive within the Emerald Metropolis for the primary time.
Whereas there, Elphaba and Glinda go to a efficiency of Wizomania, a musical all in regards to the Great Wizard of Oz (Goldblum). Wizomania makes up a brief part of “One Short Day” within the musical, however the movie expands on it, including in a brand new story in regards to the Clever Ones of Oz, who wrote a e book known as the Grimmerie that’s solely legible to those that are magically gifted (just like the Wizard). Fittingly, Menzel and Chenoweth play the Clever Ones.
At an early screening and Q&A in regards to the movie, Depraved composer and lyricist Schwartz mentioned the brand new Wizomania part and bringing Menzel and Chenoweth into the fold.
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“[With Wizomania], we have time to show more of the Wizard’s propaganda, how he’s getting this fake story out into the world and persuading all of Oz that he has talents that he doesn’t,” Schwartz stated. “Also, we wanted to explain more about what this mysterious book, the Grimmerie, is, because it figures importantly not just in this movie, but extremely importantly in movie two.”
Schwartz and Depraved director Jon M. Chu had all the time needed to include Menzel and Chenoweth into the movie, however could not determine how. Would they be a instructor at Shiz College? Somebody’s mom? Lastly, it was Chu who recommended the Clever Ones, particularly since these roles work as a tribute to how Menzel and Chenoweth kickstarted Elphaba and Glinda’s onstage lives. Their part additionally incorporates some enjoyable connections to their authentic roles, with Chenoweth shushing Grande in a particularly Glinda-like method, and Menzel hitting us along with her authentic “Defying Gravity” ending riff.
In the meantime, Schwartz himself makes an look on the finish of “One Short Day,” declaring to Elphaba and Glinda that “the Wizard will see you now!”
Of the expertise on set with Menzel, Chenoweth, Erivo, and Grande, Schwartz stated, “We basically just shot it, but cried mostly.”
