{"id":126803,"date":"2025-11-11T03:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T03:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/126803\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T03:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T03:15:08","slug":"jeff-goldblum-stopped-eating-meat-after-starring-in-wicked-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/126803\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Goldblum Stopped Eating Meat After Starring in &#8216;Wicked: For Good&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/jeff-goldblum\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jeff-goldblum\" data-tag=\"jeff-goldblum\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Goldblum<\/a> says he\u2019s gone vegetarian after playing the Wizard of Oz in Jon M. Chu\u2019s blockbuster sequel \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/wicked-for-good\/\" id=\"auto-tag_wicked-for-good\" data-tag=\"wicked-for-good\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wicked: For Good<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDuring a recent interview on \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DttIHnDnVp8\">This Morning<\/a>,\u201d Goldblum discussed how lucky he feels to play such an impactful role as the Wizard at age 73. He also added that, because of the film\u2019s themes surrounding animal cruelty, he has stopped eating meat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s uncommon that you get to be doing this over a period of time and get more fertile and juicy and interesting and relevant roles for yourself at this period of time,\u201d Goldblum said. \u201cWorking with Jon Chu [is] amazing. It\u2019s changed me. You know, after doing this movie, we talked about the animal cruelty, I stopped eating meat and poultry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHe added, \u201cWe need the world to work for everybody on Earth and every creature, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAfter putting his spin on the villainous ruler of Oz in 2024\u2019s \u201cWicked,\u201d Goldblum will reprise the role in \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d on Nov. 21. His co-stars include <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/ariana-grande\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ariana-grande\" data-tag=\"ariana-grande\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ariana Grande<\/a> as Glinda, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/cynthia-erivo\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cynthia-erivo\" data-tag=\"cynthia-erivo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cynthia Erivo<\/a> as Elphaba and Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe first \u201cWicked\u201d earned 10 nominations at last year\u2019s Academy Awards and took home two statues for best achievement in costume design and best achievement in production design.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWicked: For Good\u201d is expected <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/awards\/wicked-for-good-first-reactions-ariana-grande-cynthia-erivo-1236562502\/\">to repeat<\/a> the 10 nominations led by best actress and best supporting actress picks for Erivo and Grande, respectively. If they both repeat, they would become the<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/awards\/cynthia-erivo-ariana-grande-oscar-categories-wicked-for-good-1236545243\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> seventh and eighth performers in Oscar history<\/a> to be nominated twice for the same role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeff Goldblum says he\u2019s gone vegetarian after playing the Wizard of Oz in Jon M. 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