Cynthia Erivo says feeling the ‘odd one out’ drew her to Elphaba role in Wicked

British histrion Cynthia Erivo said feeling similar an outsider and “not fitting in” drew her to the relation of Elphaba successful the upcoming blockbuster Wicked.

The two-part movie explores the relationship betwixt the brace earlier they go estranged successful the classical stories by L Frank Baum, successful which Elphaba is known arsenic the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda arsenic the Good Witch of the South.

“When I archetypal saw it a bully fewer years ago, I felt similar I recognised thing successful the character, the feeling of being connected the outside, being a spot different, not fitting in,” histrion Erivo said of her quality connected US chat amusement The View.

“And truthful I conjecture determination was thing astir it that felt familiar, and I felt similar it was important to beryllium a portion of that storytelling, due to the fact that I could recognize it well.”

The 37-year-old said she has ever felt arsenic though she was “different”.

“I deliberation I’m a spot of an unusual 1 retired often. I locomotion into the room, and particularly successful this peculiar tract of work, I’m different,” she said.

“There aren’t galore who look similar me. I instrumentality out, I’m an unusual 1 out.”

Erivo said being antithetic means that “the abstraction isn’t ever determination for you”, explaining that it has “taken a batch to get here”.

“I anticipation that radical spot Elphaba and recognize if they consciousness different, and if they consciousness similar they’re connected the outside, that that lone makes them much special,” she added.

It comes aft a “misprint” connected the packaging of Wicked dolls, released by artifact elephantine Mattel, led buyers to a pornography tract alternatively of the web leafage for the movie.

In a statement, the artifact institution said: “We profoundly regret this unfortunate mistake and are taking contiguous enactment to remedy this.”

The archetypal stars of the philharmonic Wicked reunited to articulation Grande and Erivo for the Los Angeles premiere of the movie implicit the weekend.

Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth starred arsenic witches Elphaba and Glinda respectively erstwhile the Broadway philharmonic opened successful 2003.

Wicked volition beryllium released successful the UK connected November 22, with portion 2 expected successful November 2025.