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Amanda Seyfried shared that she auditioned to play Glinda. On the similar time, she was filming her Hulu miniseries, The Dropout, for which she gained an Emmy. “I’ve desires that I’m nonetheless auditioning for Depraved,” she mentioned.
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Dove Cameron revealed that the Depraved audition course of was “one of many longer processes” she’s been by means of. She did not explicitly say which function she auditioned for, however has mentioned up to now that Glinda was the “function of a lifetime.”
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Cristin Milioti revealed that she auditioned for Elphaba. She had two weeks to organize and was obsessing over the ending riff in “Defying Gravity” your complete time. When it got here time to sing it at her audition she mentioned, “I opened my mouth vast, I took a deep breath. The sound that escaped me is one thing I’ll hear on my deathbed.”
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Girl Gaga was reportedly the primary option to play Elphaba in a 2016 model of the movie directed by Stephen Daldry. A supply advised Web page Six, “They’d conferences, the 2 of them, concerning the character and who she could be. [Gaga] was basically solid in his model, after which it fell by means of.” Then, in 2020 Stephen departed from the undertaking because of scheduling conflicts.
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Phylicia Pearl Mpasi revealed that she auditioned for the film. In a YouTube video posted to her channel, she tearfully spoke about how this film made her really feel seen as a Black girl and hopes it could do the identical for different younger ladies. “I am performing like I am in it, and I am not,” she mentioned. “I did audition, did not get it. It is superb, Cynthia’s going to be, oh she’s going to be stellar.”
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Nick Jonas auditioned for Fiyero and added that he was truly within the working alongside his brother Joe. “We have by no means talked about this publicly, however we each auditioned for a similar function — Joe and I,” Nick mentioned. “It was for Depraved, truly.”
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Joe Jonas mentioned that it was bizarre auditioning in opposition to his brother however in the long run he wished one in every of them to be solid. He mentioned he advised Nick, “Go in there and kill it. It must be one in every of us.”
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Renée Rapp revealed that she auditioned to play Glinda. “Ariana’s gonna be — can I cuss? — She’s gonna be fucking superb. I am so excited,” she mentioned on Watch What Occurs Dwell.
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Ryan McCartan auditioned to play Fiyero. He beforehand performed the function on Broadway within the present’s 15-anniversary solid. On The Stage Door podcast, he mentioned, “Jon [M. Chu], you didn’t solid me within the film, regardless that I labored so onerous. That’s superb, no onerous emotions. Confirmed I did audition… One of many many, many issues I haven’t booked.”
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Spencer Sutherland confirmed he received a “double callback” to play Fiyero. “I assumed it was an excellent audition,” he mentioned. “After I received a few callbacks, I used to be like, ‘Oh shit, that is actual.'” He mentioned he did not know what number of different actors had been additionally being thought of on the time.
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Imply Women star Taylor Louderman auditioned for the film and took to Instagram when the casting information lastly grew to become public. “yyyy did I even audition or suppose I had an opportunity?!” she wrote on her IG story, alongside a screenshot of the Deadline casting announcement. She later shared a candid selfie with textual content saying, “This enterprise…you’ll be able to’t care an excessive amount of about any function you’re auditioning for (or you might get harm & gained’t come again) however you need to care sufficient to present it your all. I cared an excessive amount of this time. I hope its okay that I am sharing this.”
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Lastly, Ariana Grande was clearly solid as Glinda within the film, however she additionally auditioned to play Elphaba. She defined that she sang for each roles in her audition however “secretly knew” she was a greater match for Glinda.