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Wicked star Cynthia Erivo has made an honest admission as to why she chose to call out a fan-edited version of the film’s poster that obscured her face.
The official poster for the upcoming film was released earlier this month showing Erivo in character as Elphaba looking directly at the camera. Glinda, played by Ariana Grande, is whispering in her ear.
However, fan edits quickly emerged which essentially removed Erivo’s face, having the brim of her hat covering most of her face apart from her lips.
“The original poster is an ILLUSTRATION. I am a real life human being, who chose to look right down the barrel of the camera to you, the viewer… because, without words, we communicate with our eyes.
“Our poster is a homage, not an imitation, to edit my face and hide my eyes is to erase me. And that is just deeply hurtful.”
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight on the red carpet at the CFDA Fashion Awards, Erivo was asked about her reaction to the poster with the 37-year-old explaining that she is “really protective” of her role.
“I’m passionate about it and I know the fans are passionate about it and I think for me it was just like a human moment of wanting to protect little Elphaba, and it was like a human moment,” the star added. “I probably should have called my friends, but it’s fine.”
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Wicked is an adaptation of the acclaimed stage musical and book of the same name, which uses characters from The Wizard of Oz. The book’s writer, Winnie Holzman has also written the screenplay for the film.
Appearing alongside Erivo and Grande in the musical will be Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Bowen Yang and Peter Dinklage.
