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a month agoOur Women in Hollywood are becoming the stars they wished to see onscreen. For #CynthiaErivo, playing Elphaba in the film version of #Wicked was not an opportunity she would have ever envisioned for herself, as a queer Black actress stepping into that role. “Why would that change for the film? I couldn’t even dream about wanting it,” Erivo says. “When you’re in this skin and you walk around, you are immediately an ‘other’. It was a really wonderful experience to be able to step into this role, outside of my own skin, and into someone else’s, who has also been ‘othered.’ It’s important to know what it feels like. I hope that this shifts and changes things across stages.”
Read more from our #ELLEWIH honoree at the link in bio.
ELLE: @elleusa
Editor-in-chief: Nina Garcia @ninagarcia
Photographer: Felix Cooper @felix_cooper
Stylist: Patti Wilson @patti_wilson
Writer: Samuel Maude @samuel.p.maude
Makeup: Keita Moore at The Only Agency @kilprity @theonly.agency
Manicure: Gina Oh @ohriginails
Production: Dana Brockman at Viewfinders @dbrock324 @viewfindersnyla