Lady Gaga was reportedly lined up to star in Wicked

Pop superstar Lady Gaga was once linked with the role of Elphaba in Wicked, if rumours are to be believed.

Just days ahead of the film’s release, Page Six reported that the “Disease” singer was originally in talks to play the Wicked Witch of the West, while heartthrob Shawn Mendes was linked with the role of Fiyero.

“They had meetings, the two of them, about the character and who she would be. [Gaga] was essentially cast in his version, then it fell through,” a source close to Stephen Daldry, who was originally named as the director but left the project in 2020, told the tabloid.

Following the success of A Star Is Born in 2018, Gaga went on to star in Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci, and this year’s Joker:

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