For Good To Characteristic Child Glinda Flashback Scene

Depraved: For Good director Jon M. Chu teases that the sequel will function a never-before-seen flashback of child Glinda. This can be a change from the Depraved stage musical, the place there are not any such flashbacks. The primary film and the Broadway musical do function flashbacks to child Elphaba, and the film additionally exhibits a pivotal second throughout Elphaba and Nessarose’s childhood.

Whereas talking with Leisure Weekly, Chu reveals that he insisted on filming the newborn Glinda flashback scene that had been lower earlier in manufacturing. The flashback provides perception into Glinda’s childhood, together with the way it formed her id earlier than coming to Shiz, and the alternatives she makes in Depraved: For Good. Take a look at Chu’s feedback under:

We had that scene within the script, and I knew we must always have stored it, however we did not shoot it on the time as a result of we had loads of different pressures.

Producer Marc Platt promised Chu that the scene could be added in later in the event that they felt it was vital for the film. That is along with one other Glinda change that Chu teases, which is that “I simply wanted to refine” her remaining speech to the Munchkins that she delivers from her bubble.

A brand-new have a look at Glinda’s youthful self is a change to Depraved: For Good‘s story that builds off the primary film’s success. The flashbacks to Elphaba’s childhood assist clarify her id and the pivotal selections she makes throughout her journey. This culminates with the emotional second of Elphaba seeing a mirrored image of her youthful self through the “Defying Gravity” scene.

For Good will seemingly attempt to replicate this narrative method with Glinda. This can add extra context to why Glinda acts the best way she does within the first film whereas additionally informing the alternatives she makes within the sequel. It would even be a brand new expertise for longtime followers of the stage musical and people seeing the second half of the story for the primary time.

The flashback to Glinda’s childhood, her refined speech to the Munchkins, and Glinda’s new track “The Woman within the Bubble” additional improve the character’s function after Ariana Grande-Butera’s critically acclaimed and Academy Award-nominated efficiency. This makes For Good not simply Elphaba’s story, however relatively the story of Elphaba and Glinda.

As was the case with a few of the adjustments within the first Depraved film, the replace to Glinda’s story could show divisive, notably amongst diehard followers of the Broadway musical. With Chu guaranteeing that the newborn Glinda flashback scene was included after it was beforehand lower from the script, although, it’s poised to be a compelling addition to Depraved: For Good.

Depraved: For Good involves theaters on November 21.