Colman Domingo plays a key part in Wicked: For Good: "See you in Oz!"

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Dorothy, put on your sparkly shoes, because the Cowardly Lion wants to take us to Oz!

Colman Domingo is the voice of Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), the witch, and Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey), the witches' son, in the first Wicked movie. This was something that had been hinted at.

In an Instagram post on Monday, the Oscar-nominated actor shared the news. This came just days after director Jon M. Chu raved about how he got a famous actor to voice the popular character in the upcoming sequel to the brilliant first movie.

At the start of the Instagram video, a Squishmallow plush of the Cowardly Lion is held up to the camera. The plush then drops to show Domingo, who is surrounded by other plush dolls. "See you in Oz," the star says to the camera with a wink in that sweet, smooth voice of his. After that, the video cuts to a black screen with the words "Colman Domingo is the Cowardly Lion" written in gold. It was around the time of the March reshoots that Chu got the idea to direct message an actor on social media and ask if they would be interested in playing the Cowardly Lion. The scaredy-cat has been seen before as a baby cub that Elphaba and Fiyero save from a plan to start catching talking animals in Oz and training them to talk before they start.

'It's not a lot of lines, but maybe you have some time,'" I understand that you have a lot to do. Chu told him, "I'll come to you." 'Why the f--- not, let's go!'" After that, we recorded the lines."

At the time, Chu wanted to keep Domingo's name a secret. He teased the outlet, saying, "Man, wait until the red carpet when the actor who did the voice of the Cowardly Lion steps foot on it." It's going to be crazy."

First clips of Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande's original songs are shown in "Wicked: For Good." In Wicked: For Good, Domingo's Lion will make his adult debut along with Dorothy, the Tin Man, and Scarecrow. The four of them will be caught up in the epic musical fight of wills and circumstance that began in 2024 with Elphaba and Glinda (Ariana Grande).

Fans got a good look at the four of them in the last part of the movie, which came out last month. The Wizard, played by Jeff Goldblum, tells them, "Bring me the broom of the Wicked Witch of the West." "So I have proof that she's dead." Chu told Entertainment Weekly last year that For Good, which is based on the second act of the hit Broadway show, would be harder on the emotions than the first movie.

"If Part 1 is about choices, Part 2 is about consequences," he said. We all have to make hard decisions, and sometimes the results aren't what we thought they would be. It can be hard and lonely."

Chu also said, "Movie 2 has a lot of deep thinking." They want to know if the choice you made was the right one.

See the above statement for the reveal of Domingo's casting.

The quiet movie Wicked: For Good comes out in theatres on November 21.