And the Thriller Voice of the Cowardly Lion in ‘Depraved: For Good’ Is…

Regardless that followers have seen the top of Depraved hundreds of occasions on Broadway, there’s nonetheless quantity of intrigue over its big-screen conclusion, Wicked: For Good. Living proof, final week, director Jon M. Chu teased that he’d tapped a very talented mystery actor to supply the voice of the Cowardly Lion within the movie. The reveal sparked all kinds of enjoyable hypothesis, however now, we now have the precise reply.

The official Depraved social media accounts revealed that the character will probably be voiced by Colman Domingo, greatest identified for his position on Concern the Strolling Useless and in critically acclaimed movies like Rustin and Sing Sing, each of which garnered him Academy Award nominations. Right here’s the reveal.

Domingo, who’ll additionally quickly be seen in one other November launch, Edgar Wright’s The Operating Man, is clearly a unbelievable selection for this small however essential position. However the pomp and circumstance across the reveal does have us questioning, are we about to get extra shock bulletins? Followers of the musical have a good suggestion who’ll be taking part in the Scarecrow and the Tin Man, however Common has but to formally reveal who’s taking part in Dorothy Gale within the movie. Odds are we’ll discover out quickly.

Depraved: For Good is out in a single month, on November 21, and picks up the story of the hit Broadway musical the place the smash hit 2024 movie, Depraved, left off. That story sees Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) preventing in opposition to the forces of Oz to avoid wasting not simply herself, however the animals of the world. She’ll be opposed, kind of, by her greatest pal Glinda (Ariana Grande), who’s extra conflicted than ever. And, with out gifting away 20-year-old spoilers, that story ties in with the traditional story of The Wizard of Oz, which we greatest bear in mind from the 1939 movie.

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