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actor has revealed he actually wore blue contacts to play Fiyero in the hit movie musical, while fans of the, the Olivier winner shared that there was a good reason for his character’s specific eye colour – although he can’t reveal it just yet.
“The reason why we did that will become clear in the second film,” Jonathan explained of his “winkie blue” eyes in the Wicked movie .“I did feel like I was in a greenhouse,” he added, referring to the difficulties of acting while wearing coloured contacts.“It’s definitely a different experience. It does sort of restrict but I think it will be worth it.”
Now, we’re going to get into spoilers in a second, so if you’re not familiar with what comes next in the story… we’d recommend heading off toJonathan Bailey teases the reason for Fiyero’s blue eyes will be revealed in a certain “Wicked Part 2” duet and it will be “worth it” 💚 Those who’ve already seen the Wicked stage musical or read Gregory Maguire’s novel will know that Fiyero eventually becomes the character we know from The Wizard Of Oz as the Scarecrow.
References to this are peppered throughout the first Wicked movie, including the “thoughtless” and “brainless” lyrics in Fieryo’s solo Dancing Through Life and Elphaba’s “get stuffed” comment towards him.However, Jonathan teased that a lyric in the Part 2 duet As Long As You’re Mine could hold the reason behind his coloured contacts.: “There’s a lyric in the duet, ‘you’ve got me seeing through different eyes’. And so that might give you an indicator of what happens later. So, there is a reason.
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