Once upon a time, in the land of Oz, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg were vying for the right to go green as the Wicked Witch of the West, Elphaba. That's right: before Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were cast in the movie musical version of Wicked, several other actresses were vying for roles in what would have resulted in a very different movie than the one we got.
In a new story from Vanity Fair, producer Marc Platt (and several other key members of the production) broke down the many different iterations of the film that almost came to be during its long development journey.
