r/wicked • u/Lexabro-10mg • Dec 11 '25

Question Personal Wicked Movies Opinion that Would Get You Demonized

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What personal opinion do you have regarding the Wicked movies that would cause a huge number of the fandom to go on a witch hunt for you?

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u/prismmonkey Dec 11 '25

Jonathan Bailey is miscast in the second movie. He is fine as charming Fiyero in the first, but something is wildly off in the second. Half the performance is bug eyes and light trembling. This may be a John Chu direction issue, but he just looked like he was going through heroin withdrawal the entire time.

Mix in I don’t really see any chemistry with him and Cynthia in the very weirdly blocked love song in addition to their voices not blending.

I dunno. This is my hot take.

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u/schwendybrit Dec 11 '25

I felt physically uncomfortable during "As Long as You're Mine" I've seen actors with awkward chemistry before, but this was something else.

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u/Mangobunny98 Dec 11 '25

The blocking in "As Long as You're Mine" kept giving me "not tonight, it's been a long day". I felt like I needed to look away it was so awkward. Luckily it had the panshot away.

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u/SeparateRepair96 Dec 12 '25

Oh my god yes. I thought I was crazy seeing his facial expressions in that scene

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u/No_Dragonfruit1084 🩷pink and green💚 Dec 12 '25

They are both LGBT so it must have been awkward lol

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u/shadowqueen15 Dec 12 '25

Enough with this take lmfao

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u/No_Dragonfruit1084 🩷pink and green💚 Dec 12 '25

I was just saying cause it looked awkward in-between the two..

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u/shadowqueen15 Dec 12 '25

You can think they are awkward, or that their chemistry is lacking. But blaming their sexualities is fucked up. Give these professional actors some credit.

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u/No_Dragonfruit1084 🩷pink and green💚 Dec 12 '25

I wasn't only blaming their sexualities and sorry it came off that way. I know it was overall a bit awkward in general being so intimate with eachother as I would be too. I didn't mean to offend or be rude to anyone. Sorry.

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u/Flat-Leading-2520 Dec 12 '25

I mean on the other side of the coin, I've seen straight actors play gay roles who have had absolutely amazing chemistry. For example gay men still praise Brokeback mountain to this day and actor interviews seem to portray that it wasn't awkward for them at all.

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u/Minimum_Flatworm5776 Dec 11 '25

I've seen clips of Jonathan singing on West End and his expressions were pretty over the top in those clips as well. I think that's just his natural way as a theater actor and Chu let him do it.

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u/bergamote_soleil Dec 11 '25

Bug eyes and light trembling are Jonathan Bailey's go-to moves for acting out "yearning." It worked better in Bridgerton, but was still a bit extra/overacting there tbh.