“Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo slammed a fan-edit of the film’s poster on Wednesday, calling it “deeply hurtful.”
On Tuesday, a TikTok user under the name Ferlozar posted a video with on-screen text reading “Fixing the Wicked movie poster,” alongside a caption of “much better.” The footage itself showed the user taking advantage of photoshop tools to make the Universal film poster more closely resemble the original poster that was used for the musical’s Playbills.
The main edit to the poster involved hiding Erivo’s eyes and much of her face to more closely mimic the Broadway poster. Her lips are edited to be red and her eyes are hidden under the brim of her hat. Noticeably, the video does not include an edit to Grande’s outfit or hair, which in the original poster, is all white.
The fan edit quickly went viral, with nearly seven million views on TikTok as of this writing. A separate fan account reposted the finished product on Instagram, and…
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