WickedproducerMarc Plattpreviewed this yearsWicked: For Goodwhile speaking about his Producers Guild Award-nominated first film on Saturday morning.
He became part of politics because its what his dad wanted.
He was at Joe McCarthys side and he was not the leader for the right reasons.
‘Wicked: For Good’ producer Marc Platt explains how Robert F. Kennedy Sr. inspired Glinda’s arc in the sequel.Pat McCallum/Conde Nast via Getty Images
Then his brother was assassinated and he went thruugh a real catharsis.
He became a leader because he only wanted to do good for the sake of good, he explained.
That was a very valuable lesson, the kind of leadership we lack.
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in ‘Wicked: Part One’Giles Keyte /© Universal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection
Glinda is the most popular student at Ozs Shiz University.
Platt said she will take responsibility for that authority in the second film.
Platt said he resisted offers to make aWickedmovie for over 20 years.
Making a two-part film helped him get comfortable that he wouldnt have to delete important scenes or songs.
Originally, Platt hoped to make one long film with an intermission.
That was my dream forWicked, that we do it with intermission.
That was a battle I lost.
Sitting on the panel with Platt wasThe Brutalistproducer Andrew Morrison.
The three-and-a-half-hour film includes a 15-minute intermission.
Brady [Corbet] and Mona [Fastvold] had always written it with an intermission, Morrison siad.
From the beginning, we knew this was going to be a three-and-a-half-hour-plus film.
We thought it would be a fun way to create a communal experience.
We were coming out of COVID, people were missing this experience in theaters.
It was always the intent.
Producer Mary Parent said Villeneuve challenged every department to start afresh in the second film.
I think the most daunting aspect ofDune: Part 2wasDune: Part 1, Parent said.
Denis said himself it was an appetizer.
Denis said, Were not going to have any one set thats the same.
Everything is going to be different, look different.'
The Substancewriter-director-producer Coralie Fargeat was able to bifurcate her own production.
Still, Fargeat found herself having to defend her horrific conclusion.
At the end, Sue tries to use The Substance again and creates MonstroElisasue.
I said, Okay, so even a monster has to meet some kind of beauty standard?
This is exactly what the movies about.
