Long beforeWickedmade the jump from stage to screen, the 1995Gregory Maguirenovel had Hollywood in a frenzy.
This is true, Goldbergs rep toldVanity Fair.
Whoopi loved the book and tried hard to get the rights.
Whoopi Goldberg was one of several actresses vying to turn ‘Wicked’ into a movie after the Gregory Maguire book was first released in 1995.Bruce Glikas/Getty Images/Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection
People who had expressed an interest in the first six months included Whoopi Goldberg and Claire Danes.
Salma Hayek had had some interest, and Laurie Metcalf, he recalled.
Maguire imagined Moore as Elphaba.
Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and director Jon M. Chu on the set ofWicked(2024) (Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection)
Breaking multiple box office records,Wickedhad a $164.2 million worldwide opening.
