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Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, who originated the Depraved roles of Glinda and Elphaba, respectively, on Broadway, joined Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, who play the components within the movie adaptation, throughout the film’s premiere in Los Angeles on Saturday, Nov. 9.
The group posed for images on the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the place they have been joined by different movie stars, together with Jeff Goldblum, Marissa Bode, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh, Ethan Slater and Bronwyn James.
Notably absent was the film’s director, Jon M. Chu, who needed to miss the occasion to be by his spouse’s facet as she prepares to welcome their fifth child collectively.
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Primarily based on the 2003 Broadway musical of the identical title, Depraved tells the emotional origin story of the Depraved Witch of the West, the villain from L. Frank Baum’s 1900 youngsters’s e-book The Great Wizard of Oz and the long-lasting 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
However earlier than the Depraved Witch was feared all throughout the land of Oz, she was merely Elphaba Thropp, a reserved and misunderstood younger lady who occurred to be born with inexperienced pores and skin and particular powers. At Shiz College, she meets fellow pupil Glinda, a bubbly — and sure, in style — aspiring sorceress (and future Good Witch).
Elphaba and Glinda grow to be roommates, then unlikely pals — till exterior forces come between them and check their bond.
Newcomer Bode, who performs Elphaba’s youthful sister Nessarose, remembers acts of kindness from each Erivo and Grande.
As she stated in PEOPLE’s particular Depraved situation, Erivo introduced home-baked cookies to set, and made vegan and gluten-free varieties “simply in case” any individual had dietary wants. “[It] was so candy that she’s considerate,” Bode informed PEOPLE.
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To make sure, the leads of the film didn’t simply present up and say their traces. Manufacturing designer Nathan Crowley picked Erivo and Grande’s brains about Elphaba and Glinda, which helped him inform his choices concerning the set.
As he informed PEOPLE, “There have been many, many conversations with the actresses to see how they see their characters and the way the props relate to that character.”
Depraved shall be launched in two components, with the primary arriving in theaters on Nov. 22.