‘Wicked' director Jon M.Chu discusses deleted Dorothy scene from film

Jon M. Chu broke down reason why Dorothy was a faceless character in Wicked: For Good.

The For Good timeline intervenes with Wizard of Oz’s in which Dorothy, a girl from Kansas City lands in Oz after a tornado.

The role was last played in 1939 film starring Judy Garland.

In conversation with the Business Insider, M. Chu said, “At the auditions, we would put a sheet up, looking at the performer's silhouette. Through that, I was looking at how she could walk, but also, could I guide her in that way? The person had to have youthful energy, so we ultimately chose a dancer.”

He also revealed that there were some deleted scenes showing Dorothy’s face, who was played by Bethany Weaver, but they were cut.

“We had opportunities to show more, and we shot some things where you could see her face, but our intention, from the beginning, was not to show her face,” Chu shared. “But was I sure of that choice? We did get options for it, but every time, it was a distraction.”

He further said that he wanted the keep the film exclusively about Glinda (Ariana Grande) and Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), hence having a lot Dorothy scenes felt like going off track.

For Good is the sequel adaptation of the beloved musical, which has been playing on Broadway since 2003 and was adapted from Gregory Maguire’s 1995 revisionist novel, itself inspired by L. Frank Baum’s 1900 classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.