Lin-Manuel Miranda is opening up about why he was ultimately not cast in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Wicked.

Lin-Manuel Miranda performs while in conversation with Frank DiLella on stage during 10th annual BroadwayCon at Marriott Marquis in New York on 8, 2025. (Video by Lev Radin/Sipa USA) ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda hoped to play a minor role in the film adaptation of Wicked but his casting request was denied, he said during a Monday appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

Miranda joked that he would have delivered the coveted line for the role "very Regina George 'Mean Girls,' " joking that he ...

Hamilton star Lin-Manuel Miranda has finally revealed why he wasn't cast in Jon M. Chu's blockbuster movie adaptation of ...

After Lin-Manuel Miranda collaborated with director Jon M. Chu on "In The Heights," the pair almost worked together again on "Wicked." ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda has explained why he wasn’t cast in the Wicked film despite asking to be. The actor and Hamilton creator ...

After revealing videos from the auditions of Christopher Jackson and Philippa Soo, Lin-Manuel Miranda has now gone all the ...

After Lin-Manuel Miranda collaborated with director Jon M. Chu on the 2021 movie musical “In The Heights,” the pair almost worked together on 2024’s biggest Broadway adaptation ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda is revealing more details about missing out on a role in Wicked. "My favorite line in the [stage] show is in the opening number, [when] this one Munchkin runs out and [asks ...

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