Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, the initially performed the roles of Elphaba and Glinda, respectively, within the Broadway manufacturing of Wicked in 2003, make a shock look within the new film.
The actresses donned fairytale-inspired robes for the cameo, particularly designed by costume designer Paul Tazewell.
The designer shared that he was handed the duty of making the whimsical clothes in a particularly restricted time, in dialog with People Magazine.
“The query was how do you make one thing theatrical?” he thought as he started.
“How do I design one thing that is going to be theatrical throughout the context of a fantasy world? What will Emerald City residents see as an attention-grabbing theatrical presentation?”
The Oscar-winning designer dreamed up an image of robes that mirrored the look of Christmas bushes made out of folded pages of books.
“We know Idina as Elphaba, however I needed her to be the ‘mild’ one and for Kristin to be the ‘darkish’ one,” he informed the outlet as he made the selection of flipping their color schemes.
“They’re each nonetheless fairly vibrant chromatically and sparkly, however I attempted to provide them opposites,” he added.
Taking pleasure in his creation, the designer continued, “And it was a mad sprint to get every little thing as a result of all of it got here collectively abruptly in a short time. We had been working tirelessly to drag all of it collectively and make these occur. And I used to be flying to New York and becoming after which flying again [to London], however we made it occur, and it was actually fantastic.”
