Cynthia Erivo criticises ‘offensive’ fan edit of Wicked poster

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Wicked film poster, saying it “degrades” her.The official poster for the forthcoming movie musical was released last week and is similar in style to the iconic poster advertising the original musical.

In it, Erivo as Elphaba stares into the camera while Ariana Grande as Glinda whispers in her ear.In the new poster, both actors’ faces are visible, whereas in the original one, Elphaba’s eyes are hidden by the brim of her hat and is wearing red lipstick.

The fan altered the new poster to make it closer in resemblance to the original.Erivo was not impressed. “This is the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen, equal to that awful Ai of us fighting, equal to people posing the question ‘is your ***** green’,” she wrote in an Instagram story.“None of this is funny.

None of it is cute. It degrades me. It degrades us.”Cynthia Erivo reacts to edits of the ‘Wicked’ poster and the viral AI fighting animation:“Our poster is an homage not an imitation, to edit my face and hide my eyes is to erase me.