Cynthia Erivo is calling out a fan-made movie poster for her upcoming film 'Wicked,' saying that it's "deeply hurtful." A TikTok user made a video altering the 'Wicked' movie poster to make it more closely resemble the poster for the Broadway musical, where Elphaba's eyes are obscured by a wide-brimmed hat. Erivo took to her Instagram story to address the photoshopped version of the official poster, which hides Erivo's eyes and much of her face.
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00:00Cynthia Erivo is calling out a fan-made movie poster for her upcoming film Wicked, saying that it's deeply hurtful.
00:09A TikTok user made a video altering the Wicked movie poster to make it more closely resemble the poster for the Broadway musical,
00:15where Elphaba's eyes are obscured by her hat.
00:18Erivo took to her Instagram story to address the photoshopped version of the official movie poster, which hides her eyes and much of her face.
00:25She wrote,
00:39She continued,
00:56And that is just deeply hurtful.
00:58The Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated actress portrays Elphaba, who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West, in the upcoming movie musical,
01:05while co-star Ariana Grande, the Grammy-winning and SAG Award-nominated actress, plays Glinda, who becomes the Good Witch.
01:11Universal Pictures directed The Hollywood Reporter to Erivo's Instagram story when asked for comment.
01:16Wicked flies into theaters Nov. 22.
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