CGI has been an oft-used result in some videos released over the past many years, though Erivo— who plays the green-skinned Elphaba in the Jon M. Chu-directed Wicked — wanted the whole practice. And that includes seeing a clean mouth and looking in the mirror.
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The actress explained in an interview with Empire why she chose functional effects for her Elphaba function rather than CGI.
” It was really comfortable! I think, depending on what we were doing for the day, it could take anything from two-and-a-half hours to four-and-a-half time ]in the make-up chair]. It resembled a minute body. It always irritated me. According to Erivo,” a lot of research was done to determine what shade may be appropriate, what may sit on my skin in the appropriate way, and how I could care for my skin while it was in makeup.”
She continued,” There was the opportunity to perform CGI. I was asked if I wanted to do that or something useful, and I already knew that I wanted to do it because I wanted to have clean hands when I can hold my hands. A natural face appeared in the picture for me. I even sought to see how other people responded to me acting clean as opposed to walking in as myself because it affected how I performed.
Wicked will revolve around the doubtful connection between Elphaba and Glinda, similar to the well-known step music of the same title by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman. It may serve as the first piece of Chu’s movie version.
In addition to Erivo, Wicked even stars Ariana Grande as Galinda, Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero Tigelaar, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Jeff Goldblum as the Great Wizard of Oz, Ethan Slater as Boq Woodsman, and more.
Wicked hits theaters on November 22, 2024.