In a recent interview with Stephen Colbert, Lin-Manuel Miranda shared the role he ultimately did not get in Wicked.
, Miranda clarified the Wicked casting rumors and explained how they’ve been “blown out of proportion.” However, Miranda did want a small role at the beginning of the movie., the feature film adaptation of Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical. Miranda told Chu to keep him in mind if there’s a part for him, and the Hamilton creator actually had his eye on one specific role.
“In the opening number of the show, this one munchkin runs out and goes, ‘Is it true you were her friend?’” Miranda said to Colbert. “Because, man, I don’t know if you’ve seen a live production of Wicked, but sometimes they really put some sauce on the ball when they deliver that line.” It’s Miranda’s favorite line in the show, and he wanted to do it for the movie. Unfortunately, Miranda did not get his wish.Miranda complimented the woman who did it in the movie, citing how she recited the line very “earnestly.” If Miranda did it, he joked that his line reading would have been similar to something Regina George would say in Mean Girls.star as Elphaba and Galinda.
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