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

Though followers have seen the top of Depraved hundreds of instances on Broadway, there’s nonetheless an excellent 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 offer the voice of the Cowardly Lion within the movie. The reveal sparked all kinds of enjoyable hypothesis, however now, we’ve the precise reply.

The official Depraved social media accounts revealed that the character can be voiced by Colman Domingo, finest recognized 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 implausible selection for this small however vital 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 enjoying the Scarecrow and the Tin Man, however Common has but to formally reveal who’s enjoying 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 towards the forces of Oz to avoid wasting not simply herself, however the animals of the world. She’ll be opposed, form of, by her finest pal Glinda (Ariana Grande), who’s extra conflicted than ever. And, with out giving freely 20-year-old spoilers, that story ties in with the traditional story of The Wizard of Oz, which we finest keep in mind from the 1939 movie.

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