Lin-Manuel Miranda is not in the movie adaptation of Wicked, but he wanted to be. On a recent episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Miranda clarified the Wicked casting rumors and explained how they’ve been “blown out of proportion.

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: “Wicked.” During a recent appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,

Lin-Manuel Miranda is opening up about why he was ultimately not cast in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Wicked. Jon M. Chu directed the movie musical, the filmmaker Miranda had worked with on the film version of In The Heights in 2021.

The Hamilton creator praised the actress, Kirsty Anne Shaw, who went on to play the opening role, during The Late Show With Stephen Colbert