‘She Is a Pawn in the Middle of All of It’ — Wicked: For Good Director Confirms You’ll See More of Dorothy This Time Around, but Not Her Face

Wicked: For Good will feature more of Dorothy this time around, but it will not show Dorothy’s face.

Confirmation comes from director Jon M. Chu, who told People that while Dorothy Gale will appear more heavily in Wicked: For Good compared to the Broadway show upon which it is based, fans won’t get to see her face because this remains Elphaba and Glinda’s story.

“I didn’t want to step on who you think Dorothy is in whatever story that you came into this with,” Chu said. The movie “is still Elphaba and Glinda’s journey, and she is a pawn in the middle of all of it.”

There has been intense speculation on who would play Dorothy, with Abigail star Alisha Weir and even Taylor Swift suggested. In the first trailer for Wicked: For Good, below, Dorothy can be seen from behind, but there aren’t any telling visuals that give away who will play the coveted role.

Dorothy was of course played by Judy Garland in the 1939 musical, The Wizard of Oz. Here’s the official blurb on Wicked: For Good:

Directed once again by award-winning director Jon M. Chu and starring the spectacular returning cast, led by Academy Award nominated superstars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, the final chapter of the untold story of the witches of Oz begins with Elphaba and Glinda estranged and living with the consequences of their choices.

Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), now demonized as The Wicked Witch of the West, lives in exile, hidden within the Ozian forest while continuing her fight for the freedom of Oz’s silenced Animals and desperately trying to expose the truth she knows about The Wizard (Jeff Goldblum).

Glinda, meanwhile, has become the glamorous symbol of Goodness for all of Oz, living at the palace in Emerald City and reveling in the perks of fame and popularity. Under the instruction of Madame Morrible (Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh), Glinda is deployed to serve as an effervescent comfort to Oz, reassuring the masses that all is well under the rule of The Wizard.

As Glinda’s stardom expands and she prepares to marry Prince Fiyero (Olivier award winner and Emmy and SAG nominee Jonathan Bailey) in a spectacular Ozian wedding, she is haunted by her separation from Elphaba. She attempts to broker a conciliation between Elphaba and The Wizard, but those efforts will fail, driving Elphaba and Glinda only further apart. The aftershocks will transform Boq (Tony nominee Ethan Slater) and Fiyero forever, and threaten the safety of Elphaba’s sister, Nessarose (Marissa Bode), when a girl from Kansas comes crashing into all their lives.

As an angry mob rises against the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba will need to come together one final time. With their singular friendship now the fulcrum of their futures, they will need to truly see each other, with honesty and empathy, if they are to change themselves, and all of Oz, for good.

Wicked: For Good hits theaters November 21, 2025.

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