Malaysian actor Aaron Teoh teams up with Michelle Yeoh, Ariana Grande in ‘Wicked’
The two upcoming ‘Wicked’ movies are from Crazy Rich Asians director Jon Chu
LONDON-based Malaysian actor Aaron Teoh is joining Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh and an all-star A-list cast in the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical ‘Wicked’ – a reimagining of the classic ‘The Wizard of Oz’.
Ariana Grande, Jeff Goldblum and Cynthia Erivo also feature in the cast of the planned two movies directed by Jon Chu, who counts Crazy Rich Asians among his previous directing credits.
Soooo unbelievably excited to be joining an amazing cast. Gotta find some time to tell Michelle Yeoh my parents are from Ipoh too. https://t.co/2w0dep0rTz
— aaronteoh (@actor_aaronteoh) December 9, 2022
Teoh will be playing the character of Avaric, a friend of Glenda (Grande) and a frenemy of Elphaba (Erivo).
Teoh worked as a vocal teacher in Malaysia for nine years, appearing in local productions of Merrily We Roll Along (2014) and Tick Tick Boom (2015). After moving to Britain in 2017 with his wife, he became active in the theatre scene there and started attending auditions.
💚💚💚 my heart just swelled the thrice its size https://t.co/CIApAoqOSh
— aaronteoh (@actor_aaronteoh) December 10, 2022
In 2019, he won the role of Prince Chulalongkorn in the musical production of The King and I.
The two ‘Wicked’ movies Teoh is joining are prequels to ‘The Wizard of Oz’, telling the origin stories of the Wicked Witch of the West and the Good Witch. As the movies are still in the casting process don’t expect to be out anytime soon, with a current release date of December 2024 and 2025.
source – The Vibes
