John and Craig welcome back Dana Fox (Wicked, The Lost City) for a magical flight through everything that went into adapting Wicked and its upcoming sequel, Wicked: For Good. They look at the history of the project, why it was split into two movies, the process for writing when you’re shooting two movies at the same time, and the exhausting effort it takes for big movies to defy gravity.
We also chat with Graham Rowat, the narrator of the Scriptnotes audiobook, follow up on weird movies and cuck chairs, answer listener questions on the limits of torturing your heroes and ask, did the 90’s really have the best actions movies?
In our bonus segment for premium members, Dana sticks around to take us behind the scenes of a big movie’s promo circuit, and how to stay sane (and even popular!) throughout the world tour.
Links:
- Dana Fox on Instagram and IMDb
- Wicked: For Good
- Graham Rowat
- Friendship
- Comfrt travel hoodie
- Sara Schaefer’s miniature cuck chairs
- Pittman Inflatable Camping Chair
- Inflatable Beanless Bean Bag Chair
- What the Cuck?! | Decoder Ring
- Wicked the book and the stage show
- The Fugitive (1993)
- Owl Labs’ Meeting Owl 3
- Eric Berlin – Puzzle Snacks
- The Most Important Question podcast
- Heating Pads
- VW ID Buzz
- Preorder the Scriptnotes Book!
- Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt!
- Check out the Inneresting Newsletter
- Become a Scriptnotes Premium member, or gift a subscription (now with fewer emails!)
- Subscribe to Scriptnotes on YouTube
- Scriptnotes on Instagram
- John August on Bluesky and Instagram
- Outro by Spencer Lackey (send us yours!)
- Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt and edited by Matthew Chilelli.
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You can download the episode here.