His salary for the film, according to Fricke: $72,000 (around $1.63 million today). Jack Haley and Bert Lahr, who played the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion, respectively “made near that amount,” as they too “came to movies from Broadway and they were established names,” says Fricke.

The film, adapted from the popular Broadway musical based on Gregory Maguire's book, is a revelatory prequel to “The Wizard of Oz."

Wicked completely rewrites certain aspects of The Wizard of Oz, giving some scenes entirely new meanings that change the original story massively.

Wicked movie director Jon M Chu has explained why some elements of The Wizard of Oz prequel don't match up. The film tells the story of how multiple characters from Dorothy Gale's iconic adventure in Oz came to be the way they are,