Jon M. Chu Misses ‘Wicked’ Premiere for Birth of Fifth Child
variety.comRebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Jon M. Chu had a pretty good excuse for missing the premiere of “Wicked.” The director of the two-part musical epic couldn’t make the starry Los Angeles event because his wife gave birth to their fifth child, a girl, on Saturday, Nov.
9 — the same day as the pink-and-green celebration. “This movie has always moved in mysterious ways,” Chu wrote on Instagram Stories. “Today is a day I’ve been dreaming about for a long time.
Two babies (a movie and a little girl) all at one time and I truly couldn’t be happier I won’t be able to be at the ‘Wicked’ premiere tonight with all of you.
There was a change of plans at about 4 a.m. this morning…” Chu jokingly added that “no, we will not be naming her Galphaba.” That portmanteau nods to the two main characters in “Wicked,” Elphaba (aka the Wicked Witch of the West) and Glinda (the Good).
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