Jeff Goldblum says filming Wicked inspired him to give up meat and adopt a vegetarian diet.The film\u2019s themes of animal oppression led him to rethink cruelty and embrace plant-based living.He plans a meat-free holiday season, which can be made easy with veggie mains and casseroles.<\/p>\n
Wicked: For Good comes out next week, and we\u2019re counting down the days. In the meantime, we\u2019re keeping up with the stars of the anticipated sequel, which includes Ariana Grande<\/a>, Cynthia Erivo<\/a> and Oz himself, Jeff Goldblum<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n All three of these stars have something in common, and it\u2019s not just their impressive acting and singing careers. They all follow a plant-based diet, and Goldblum recently revealed that working on Wicked inspired him to transition to a vegetarian eating pattern.\n<\/p>\n \u201cIt changed me,\u201d Goldblum shares about working on Wicked and with director Jon M. Chu in an interview with This Morning.\u00a0 \u201cYou know, after doing this movie, we talked about the animal cruelty, I stopped eating meat and poultry. So this Christmas and Thanksgiving, I may be having\u2026 something else.\u201d\n<\/p>\n One of the many themes of Wicked is the oppression of animals, correlating with the real-world issue of animal cruelty. So this messaging helped Goldblum adjust his lifestyle to embrace a meat-free diet.\n<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m happy,\u201d he says. \u201cWe need the world to work for everybody on Earth, and every creature, too.\u201d\n<\/p>\n We love that Goldblum was able to smoothly convert to a vegetarian way of eating. While it might not appeal to everyone, a plant-based diet can help lower cancer risk<\/a>, improve blood sugar<\/a>, support your heart health and more. If you\u2019re interested but are unsure where to start, talk to a healthcare professional or dietitian to help you slowly adapt to a plant-based eating pattern.\n<\/p>\n As for Thanksgiving and Christmas mains, there\u2019s so many dishes that Goldblum can try to replace the typical holiday roasts. From stuffed acorn squash<\/a> to cauliflower steaks<\/a>, you can get creative\u2014and our vegetarian casserole collection<\/a> offers some perfect sides for any festive dinner party. With comforting roasted vegetables and cheesy casseroles, no one will be missing the bird.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeff Goldblum says filming Wicked inspired him to give up meat and adopt a vegetarian diet.The film\u2019s themes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-135537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}