America's favorite idiosyncratic actor, Jeff Goldblum, will play the Wizard in 'Wicked' the big-screen adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical. Here, he discusses his 50-year career, working with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, and the beauty of becoming a father after 60.
Saying hello to the Yellow Brick Road at 72 years young, Jeff Goldblum brings his enchantingly eccentric magic to 'Wicked.'.” Jeff Goldblum’s eyes widen and brows raise as he lingers on Oz’s favorite shade of green before ticking through a list he’s jotted down himself. “Olive, sage, lime, mint, avocado, chartreuse, eucalyptus, fern,” Goldblum continues in his signature musical delivery, inflection and meter rising and falling.
This regular guy in an olive bowling shirt grew up outside Pittsburgh and is excited to watch his beloved Steelers play later today. He’s also a day removed from stepping into a Tom Ford tuxedo for the Academy of Motion Pictures Museum gala. For Goldblum, the event doubled as a joyous, selfie-filled reunion with hisfamily: director Jon M. Chu and co-stars Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Ariana Grande, and Cynthia Erivo.
Many of Goldblum’s structured plans revolve around his children, Charlie Ocean, 9, and River Joe, 7. When his now-wife Emilie, a dancer and former Olympic rhythmic gymnast, first suggested marrying and having children, Goldblum, already twice divorced and past 60, resisted. He didn’t shut the door on the idea, however, and instead went to a therapist who helped him overcome his hesitations. He and Emilie married in 2014 and were parents within a year.
Earlier this year, Goldblum returned to his hometown of West Homestead for the first time as an adult. To be sure, he left to blaze his own trail and prides himself on detachment. But Goldblum’s feelings about family have been fraught.His older brother Rick, who’d introduced him to jazz and generally been his hero, died from kidney failure in 1971 at age 23. His eldest brother Lee, who died in 2014, was gay and had been subjected by his parents to conversion therapy.
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