Citizens of the internet got their first look at John M. Chu’s adaptation of Wicked, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. But did they, though? The moody pics were dark. Like “House of the Dragon shooting day-for-night, releasing the unprocessed images as promo stills, then just turning the exposure down for the actual show” dark. Behind-the-scenes images leaked of the set, and it was colorful as hell. These stills of Elphaba (Erivo) and Galinda (Grande) were not. If someone made an eye-shadow palette using these stills as the basis for the colors, we’d be getting a lot of grays. While some Twitter-goers defended the stills, saying they were intentionally mysterious, most people went the insult-comic route. But we kid because we love! Below is just a spattering of the Twitter’s colorful reaction to Wicked’s first-look photos.
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— Neil McNeil (@Neil_McNeil) April 16, 2023https://t.co/HxQgVq3926 pic.twitter.com/voxfDAttUD
— Rose Dommu (@rosedommu) April 16, 2023https://t.co/c1np2IGhIL pic.twitter.com/1SoauG8Gw2
— Wendell (@RhodeToLove) April 16, 2023Thinking out loud here: what if movies started lighting again? https://t.co/4jpVDUYN3P
— Eli Olsberg (@EliOlsberg) April 16, 2023First look at the #WickedMovie. 🫧🧹 https://t.co/LKxZbWGgdt pic.twitter.com/DshnumbyoT
— 🦋Regina Phalange (@faabianabianco) April 16, 2023Looking forward to his Joseph. https://t.co/iVYbXrGnVw pic.twitter.com/RDmXmv7yGW
— Ed Kanerva (@ekanerva) April 16, 2023Related
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