(20 Nov 2024)
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London – 20 November 2024
1. Wide tilt up of "Wicked" Christmas tree
2. Wide pan across of people waiting
3. Various of Jeff Goldblum arrival
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeff Goldblum, actor – on London:
"I fell in love with England and London. I’ve done a lot of movies here, I could name that I won’t bore you with naming. And I’ve done plays here in your beautiful theatres. And I’ve read all of P.G. Wodehouse. You know, I’m just crazy about it. So and I love and currently a restaurant, you know, I like hotels here and Ruth Roger’s restaurant, you know, The River Cafe. It was a spectacular place to eat. And I just love it, people are so brilliant and smart and talented and sensitive and delightful and warm and welcoming."
5. Various medium pan across Jon M. Chu filming Jeff Goldblum
6. Medium zoom out Jeff Goldblum playing "Winter Wonderland"
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jon M. Chu, director – on the performance:
"This is a gift to have Jeff Goldblum play the piano to ring in the holidays in front of the Wizard mask itself. Come on. That’s the best."
(Reporter: "Did he know that you were here? Because you kind of sneaked in after.")
"I know I sneaked in. I don’t think he knew I was here, but that’s kind of the way I like it. I like to sneak in and out of the spot, so."
(Reporter: "I was waiting for his reaction because I don’t think he saw you and then he took off his glasses and I thought he’s never going to see him now.")
"But of course, I’m there with my camera. I think I just did it live on my Instagram. It was fun to have that out there."
(Reporter: "You were like a proud mom?")
"100%, 100%, I’m there to to promote him. Now and always."
8. Various Jon M. Chu filming Jeff Goldblum
9. Wide zoom in Jeff Goldblum playing "Let It Snow"
10. Wide of audience
11. Wide Jeff Goldblum performing
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Jon M. Chu, director – on casting Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard:
"I remember when we asked him and he wanted to talk to us first, so he came into the office. And the moment he started talking about ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ he started tearing up and obviously started talking about ‘Wicked’ and how when he first saw it, that the relationship between these two women moved him, and to be a part of a project like this was was a dream come true for him. I knew we got him at that moment and every day on set was so fun and we had a great time."
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeff Goldblum, actor – on the Wizard:
"In our version, there’s no all good and all bad. There are variations of grey, you know, like in real life. And we tried to make our Wizard have something to do with, if I may, the banality of evil, you know, whereby a regular and even nice and charismatic and charming, friendly kind of guy can fall into this thing even inconspicuously or invisibly."
14. Medium end of performance
15. Medium Jon M. Chu and Jeff Goldblum hugging
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Jon M. Chu, director – on the movie’s upcoming release:
17. Medium Jeff Goldblum leaving
18. Wide tilt down of "Wicked" Christmas tree
STORYLINE:
To celebrate the upcoming release of "Wicked" in theatres, actor Jeff Goldblum surprises commuters in London with a Christmas piano performance.
"Wicked" follows the friendship origin story of Elphaba, WIcked Witch of the West—played by Cynthia Erivo—and Glinda the Good—played by Ariana Grande—from "The Wizard of Oz."
Goldbum, who plays the Wizard, performed holiday classics under a tree inspired by the Emerald City from the movie at St Pancras International train station.
"Wicked" premieres in theaters on Nov. 22.
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