{"id":205911,"date":"2025-10-17T06:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T06:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/205911\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T06:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T06:13:08","slug":"these-5-actresses-auditioned-to-play-elphaba-in-wicked-but-cynthia-erivo-got-the-role-ariana-grande-cristin-milioti-cynthia-erivo-eg-extended-jordin-sparks-lea-michele-movi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/205911\/","title":{"rendered":"These 5 Actresses Auditioned to Play Elphaba in \u2018Wicked,\u2019 But Cynthia Erivo Got the Role | Ariana Grande, Cristin Milioti, Cynthia Erivo, EG, Extended, Jordin Sparks, Lea Michele, Movies, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, Slideshow, Wicked | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment, Photos and Videos | Just Jared"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lea Michele<\/p>\n

Lea Michele<\/a> has never confirmed that she did audition for the role, but in 2019 she did say she wanted the role of Elphaba.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat would be incredible. I don\u2019t think that they\u2019ve gotten to the point of talking to people about it yet, if they have they haven\u2019t called me. But, yes I\u2019m like backstage painting myself green just waiting,\u201d Lea said on Watch What Happens Live in 2019. <\/p>\n

At a 2025 concert, Lea was accepting fan requests and denied a request to perform \u201cDefying Gravity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not singing \u2018Defying Gravity\u2019 after Cynthia Erivo tore that s\u2013t up, spit it out, laid it on the ground, mixed it up\u2026 I do love, love, love [that song],\u201d she said<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Phylicia Pearl Mpasi<\/p>\n

The Color Purple actress Phylicia Pearl Mpasi<\/a>, who played young Celie in the film musical, auditioned.<\/p>\n

\u201cI heard this score \u2026 and just felt so seen,\u201d Mpasi said in a YouTube video <\/a>in May 2024. \u201cI understood how Elphaba felt feeling different, and like it wasn\u2019t her fault. It was just the color of her skin, and I just felt that way so much growing up.\u201d <\/p>\n

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