Cynthia Erivo, who stars as Elphaba in the upcoming “Wicked” adaptation, slammed the various memes and fan-made takes on the film’s poster, which she said “degrades” and “erases” her involvement.
Many fans considered it an improvement on the official film poster, in which Erivo’s face is fully visible.
“And that is just deeply hurtful.”The new "Wicked" poster is an "homage" to the original logo, not an exact copy, Erivo said.
None of this is cute,” Erivo wrote.
It degrades us.”Erivo, Grande and “Wicked” film director Jon M. Chu all re-shared the official poster on their Instagram stories on Wednesday.
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Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, smirks, Erivo, ”, Jon M, Chu
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CNN, Universal Pictures
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Grande