“Cynthia Erivo criticizes “offensive” fan edits of “Wicked” movie poster

Cynthia Erivo isn’t thrilled with the numerous fan-made versions of it Evil Movie poster.

“This is the wildest, most offensive thing I’ve ever seen, equivalent to this horrible AI of ours that has been fighting, equivalent to the people posting are you f***ing green?” the 37-year-old actress wrote on Wednesday Oct. 16, via her Instagram Story, referencing a fan-edited poster of the film Evil film and the viral memes making fun of his co-star Ariana Grande points out that Erivo is green in the film’s trailer. “None of this is funny. None of it is sweet. It humiliates me. It demeans us.”

The post included a fan-edited poster that resembled the original Broadway show’s artwork. In the edited piece, Erivo’s eyes are covered by her witch’s hat and she wears red lipstick instead of green. If the Evil Although the film released its own original artwork earlier this week, many fans expressed disappointment that the stage adaptation’s iconic poster was not recreated.

Eriv explained that the film’s poster took a more powerful approach compared to the Broadway art.

“The original poster is an ILLUSTRATION,” she continued. “I am a real human being who has chosen to look directly into the camera for you, the viewer… because without words, we communicate with our eyes.”

Ervio also provided an explanation as to why this is the case Evil The film’s poster is different from that of the award-winning musical.

“Our poster is a homage, not an imitation. To edit my face and hide my eyes is to erase me,” she said. “And that’s just deeply hurtful.”

The Oscar winner then shared the film’s poster and wrote: “Let me put this here to remind you and cleanse your taste buds 💚💚.”

The director of the film, Jon M. ChuHe supported Erivo through his social media and called her his “superhero”.

Ervio plays the main role Evil as Elphaba alongside Grande, who portrays Glinda. The cast also includes Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Bowen Yang, Peter Dinklage and more.

The film will be released in two parts, with part one hitting theaters on November 22nd. Erivo welcomed the decision to split production so that the story of “The Wicked Witch of the West” and “Glinda, the Good Witch” could be expanded.

“You really get to know it in this first film [Elphaba] As a young lady and what drives her to do what we get to know,” she said Entertainment tonight. “The story opens. You can really experience magic, and we can.”

Erivo announced that in the first part, audiences will see Elphaba and Glinda’s friendship blossom.

“You can follow these women a little more behind the scenes and learn more about them,” Erivo continued. “We developed their relationship as friends. This is a really important feature in the show, but this is where you can really get involved with them. We have something very special.”

Part one of Evil will hit theaters on November 22nd, while the second film will premiere a year later on November 25th, 2025.