Cynthia asked the director, Jon M. Chu, if they could “reimagine” Elphaba’s traditionally long, wavy hair as micro braids in ...

Cynthia Erivo had one request when it came to Elphaba’s hair. Erivo, 37, opened up about the micro braids she donned while ...

Cynthia Erivo explains why she chose for her "Wicked" character to have micro-braids, using the hairstyle to honor Black ...

“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 ...

Cynthia Erivo had one request when it came to Elphaba’s hair. Erivo, 37, opened up about the micro braids she donned while playing Elphaba in Wicked, while chatting with Variety on Tuesday ...

While the green skin of Cynthia Erivo’s character Elphaba in “Wicked” comes as a shock to many in the land of Oz, her waist length micro braids were a pleasant surprise to viewers watching ...

In a new interview with Variety, Erivo, 37, details how Elphaba, whom she portrays in the film, came to wear braids instead of the signature long, dark waves worn by the character in the musical. “I ...