Cynthia Erivo has opened up some more about why she pushed for Elphaba to have micro braids in the movie adaptation of "Wicked." As I’m sure you are aware, the hotly-anticipated film was ...

A Chinese secondary school has banned students from having “weird hairstyles” including long hair on girls and boys, sideburns, mullets and fringes because they are “troublesome” and hurt ...

Cynthia Erivo, who plays Elphaba in the 2024 Wicked film wears her hair in braids, a switch from the classic getup of the character. In a recent interview with Variety, Cynthia Erivo mentioned that ...

And in being the second ever Black actress to play the legendary part - which originally featured on Broadway - there were vital nuances she fought hard to include in the production, including a micro ...

This is not the first time that Cynthia has opened up about her decision to request micro braids for her character, previously telling The British Blacklist that she instigated conversations about ...

Erivo wanted a hairstyle that better represented her character being played by a Black woman. Cynthia Erivo shared why she gave her Wicked character micro braids, using the hairstyle to honor ...

In a new interview with Variety, Cynthia Erivo shared how Elphaba in the Wicked film came to have the distinctive and instantly iconic micro braids she has in the movie, and how she really pushed ...

“I asked if we could reimagine that hair as micro-braids because I knew you’d still have the movement, and you could still have the length, but there was a texture that was slightly different ...

She asked if the team could reimagine Elphaba's hair as micro braids instead, as a nod to Black women. "I knew you’d still have the movement, and you could still have the length, but there was a ...