Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Yeo of the slippery charm of their wicked villains

With the season of the awards in his midst of the Oscars, the cast of many nominated Wicked He pulls all stops aboard their emerald green train. In a recent interview with Rotten TomatoesThe sorcerer of Oz himself (Jeff Goldblum) and his right -wing conspirator Madame Moril (Michel Yeo) spoke about their timely taking on the characters when asked if their villains were inspired by historical figures.

Gregory Maguire’s original Wicked The novel and his adaptation in Broadway by Stephen Schwartz and Sword Holzman depicted the duo as fascists behind the veneer of the emerald green facade of Oz – and the performances of the Goldblum and Jeo talk about the very timely attributes of the figures in power.

Speaking of his cooperation with Wicked Director John M. Chu, Goldblum explained: “There were people in human history who, although they looked pleasant enough and just like one of us, use the demonization of others to capture and improve power, and sometimes quite charismatic. John helped me in my whole approach. I am nothing if I did not conscientiously and I worked on my lines and I had a hundred ideas, except all the moments that were in the script that was delicious and wonderful. “

He continued. “And then (John) called Ariana (Grande) and Cynthia (Erivo)And he said, “Let’s perform a few of these scenes, and if Jeff wants to change a few things, just go with him,” and that’s how it started. It was an organic type of approach that was just full of joy and synergy. You know, I looked in their eyes and how you can’t be moved and inspired to invent a thousand other things? “

About the Yeo who had previously worked with the Chu Crazy, Rich Asians Like the mother of the romantic presenter, adding a nuance and complexity to the trpes of monstrous laws, here they entered more into the era of the villain for Madame Mori, the director of Shise with a plan to keep the wizard of power. Yeo recalled that he asked heard, “Why do you think about me when you think of someone a little, you know … I don’t want to say wicked, but a little difficult. Madam Morible has an agenda and this program she shared with a certain sorcerer. So I think between John and Jeff (and I) we said, “Maybe something was always happening between them.” Thus, they confirmed that the motor and the sorceress was confirmed.

She continued. “Because they were the only two people who always strategized, manipulated, doing things. And at first you can see that Madame Moril is a teacher, so she is a tutor. And I think the journey was even worse for Elfaba, because it was the first time she felt loved, watched and heard. It was there that John was really brilliant in making a ma’am to make someone you really trust and want to believe, because (this) means that you believed in yourself and it has led you to more heights. “

Yeo described how her character’s charm was turned against Elfaba, who wanted to do well, then became a scapegoat when she realized the wizard’s plans and reflection. – Madame Mori, she is really the wicked witch. They both had such a precious program that they could not be released. They would take the dream of someone else so that they could fulfill their own. The wizard who wants to go home, get on this balloon and fly back to Kansas. And Madame Moril wanted her enchantment book to be opened, and she couldn’t understand why Elfab would not want the same because she did it for the good of us. Jeff and I had a wonderful time to give everyone this illusion – it was there, right, wasn’t it? So it was fun for us. “

Watch more than the interview with Rotten Tomatoes below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vcxajohdgk

Wicked is already in the theaters and onwards DigitalS Wicked: for good Opens this Thanksgiving Day.

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