Overview
- In a new Esquire U.K. interview, Jonathan Bailey said his character’s transformation in Wicked: For Good “was all prosthetics” rather than CGI.
- Bailey described internal cooling measures as “a lot of plumbing under the skin” and joked that without the straw hair he looked like “a big wheat penis.”
- Director Jon M. Chu told Entertainment Weekly that a late, emotional reunion was shaped by the actors’ pacing and subtlety in performance.
- Variety detailed the craft team behind the looks, citing makeup designer Frances Hannon, prosthetic designer Mark Coulier, costume designer Paul Tazewell and production designer Nathan Crowley.
- Variety also reported that Ethan Slater’s Tin Man required 11 facial prosthetic pieces and about four hours in the chair, reflecting the film’s commitment to practical builds.