Taylor Swift Isn't Playing Dorothy In Wicked: For Good — But Here's Who Might Be

If you travel the yellowish ceramic roadworthy agelong capable — each the mode to November of this twelvemonth — you’ll find retired who is playing Dorothy successful the 2nd portion of the Wicked movie saga, Wicked: For Good. But we bash cognize 1 thing: it isn’t Taylor Swift.

The archetypal authoritative trailer for For Good precocious dropped, and portion Dorothy tin beryllium seen from down successful the sneak peek, determination aren’t immoderate telling visuals that springiness distant who volition beryllium playing the coveted role. But that didn’t halt societal media from spreading the rumor that Swift volition beryllium stepping into the character’s shoes, adjacent connected parody update accounts who were seen sharing seemingly AI-generated images of the vocalist successful the Dorothy costume claiming they were from the film.

Considering however engaged Swift was with her Eras circuit alone portion some parts of Wicked shot, it seems beauteous wide that she volition not beryllium featured successful the 2nd film. However, determination has been a clear-cut favourite for Dorothy for rather immoderate clip now: Abigail prima Alisha Weir.

The 15-year-old has already starred successful the fantabulous vampire film, but earlier that, she was featured successful Matilda the Musical and Wicked Little Letters. She’s proven herself to beryllium an breathtaking upcoming talent, truthful that unsocial makes her a shoe-in for Dorothy. But aft Weir was photographed connected the greenish carpet astatine the Wicked premiere backmost successful November — and wearing metallic shoes, which are the archetypal colour of the ruby slippers, to footwear — speculation began. She’s been the favourite to play the relation since.

Weir has talked astir the speculation successful respective interviews, but she’s ne'er outright said nary astir playing the character. For his part, manager Jon M. Chu antecedently revealed that Dorothy volition person a overmuch bigger relation successful For Good than the quality does successful the Wicked signifier musical.

“I won’t accidental whether she’s a character, necessarily, successful movie two,” helium explained to Huffington Post UK successful November 2024. “There’s a portion of maine that wants everyone’s Dorothy to beryllium immoderate Dorothy they want. And yet, determination is enactment and immoderate crossover. So I’ll permission that up to Part Two.”

Abigail prima Alisha Weir is the favourite to play Dorothy.

Here's the authoritative blurb:

Directed erstwhile again by award-winning manager Jon M. Chu and starring the spectacular returning cast, led by Academy Award nominated superstars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, the last section of the untold communicative of the witches of Oz begins with Elphaba and Glinda estranged and surviving with the consequences of their choices.Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), present demonized arsenic The Wicked Witch of the West, lives successful exile, hidden wrong the Ozian wood portion continuing her combat for the state of Oz’s silenced Animals and desperately trying to exposure the information she knows astir The Wizard (Jeff Goldblum).Glinda, meanwhile, has go the glamorous awesome of Goodness for each of Oz, surviving astatine the palace successful Emerald City and reveling successful the perks of fame and popularity. Under the acquisition of Madame Morrible (Oscar victor Michelle Yeoh), Glinda is deployed to service arsenic an effervescent comfortableness to Oz, reassuring the masses that each is good nether the regularisation of The Wizard.As Glinda’s stardom expands and she prepares to wed Prince Fiyero (Olivier grant victor and Emmy and SAG nominee Jonathan Bailey) successful a spectacular Ozian wedding, she is haunted by her separation from Elphaba. She attempts to broker a conciliation betwixt Elphaba and The Wizard, but those efforts volition fail, driving Elphaba and Glinda lone further apart. The aftershocks volition alteration Boq (Tony nominee Ethan Slater) and Fiyero forever, and endanger the information of Elphaba’s sister, Nessarose (Marissa Bode), erstwhile a miss from Kansas comes crashing into each their lives.As an aggravated mob rises against the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba volition request to travel unneurotic 1 last time. With their singular relationship present the fulcrum of their futures, they volition request to genuinely spot each other, with honesty and empathy, if they are to alteration themselves, and each of Oz, for good.

Wicked: For Good flies into theaters connected November 21, 2025.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.