But who is she? The new movie tells the story of how Oscar Diggs James Franco was carried off from Kansas in his hot-air balloon and eventually became the Wizard of the magical place long before Dorothy ever dropped in. But what about Theodora and Evanora? Who will become the green-skinned and water-averse Wicked Witch of the West, and who is destined to have a house fall her head?
The original book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," offers no clues, since the Wicked Witches were never given names in the text. For the book and musical "Wicked," the character was called Elphaba as a tribute to the original author, L. Frank Baum. Take a look at the exclusive artwork reveal -- the first section of a three-part image -- below for the first look at the Wicked Witch.
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Theodora first appears when Oscar first lands in Oz, believing him to be the focus of a prophecy after seeing him perform a few simple magic tricks, which she believes are real magic.
Theodora tells Oscar that the wicked witch killed the former king of Oz , but upon his deathbed, it was predicted that a great and powerful wizard by the name of Oz would descend from the sky, save the land, and become their new king. Unfortunately, they are discovered by a winged baboon. Oscar manages to distract it with one of his doves and the two escape.
By this time, Theodora reveals she is also a witch, but a good witch. The two camp out for the night before heading to the Emerald City , where Oscar follows his womanizing ways and gives Theodora a music box; she develops feelings for Oscar, who she desires to rule with as queen, and falls in love with him whereas he rebuffs such commitment though he clearly feels guilty.
They come across Finley , a winged monkey trapped in vines. Wishing to see Oscar in action, Theodora asks him to free the creature.
Unfortunately, a lion appears and tries to pounce on Oscar. Fearing for his life, Oscar creates a haze to scare it off. Finley pledges a life debt to Oscar while Theodora watched in amazement. The trio arrive in the Emerald City, Theodora's sister Evanora appears, seemingly gracious that the wizard has returned to help them stop the wicked witch's reign of terror.
Evanora then asks Oscar to join her later on for a tour of the palace. As Oscar leaves the room, Evanora scolds her sister for bringing an impostor to Emerald City. Theodora tries to defend, believing that Oscar is really the wizard who will save them.
Evanora thinks that Oscar could have been sent by the wicked witch and then accuses her sister, Theodora of being in league with the witch. In her anger, Theodora conjures a fireball and hits a nearby vase. To this, Evanora states "that temper really is wasted in you, isn't it? Evanora claims that Oscar can have all the power and wealth of the king if he kills Glinda who was believed to be the wicked witch by stealing and destroying her wand, the source of her power.
Going by the MGM movie, the chief problem is: how comes the Wizard aged like that? This is the Land of Oz. The land where you never die except from a magic-induced Weaksauce Weakness like Theodora's water problem. Relatedly, deciding Glinda and Oz are in love was an odd idea, because whatever version you're going with be it the movie or the book , the modern-day-Wizard and the modern-day-Glinda are not in love if nothign else, I doubt post-character-development-Oz would plan to leave Oz in his air baloon with Dorothy without even so much as a goodbye to the love of his life , meaning their relationship is Doomed by Canon.
However, she is too late to realize this as Theodora begins to transform into a hideous, green-skinned version of herself as her heart disintegrates. Pleased, but in shock of her sister's new appearance, Evanora tells her she can cast an enchantment to mask it, but Theodora refuses because she wants the Wizard to see what "he" did to her. With war approaching with Glinda, Evanora along with the Witch of the West prepare their army against the coming invasion.
Announcing that they will drive away the enemy, Evanora is suddenly interrupted by the Witch of the West stating there will be no mercy, only complete slaughter, as she demonstrates her much more cruel change.
When the resistance finally attacks, Evanora and the Witch of the West watch invaders coming through the Poppy Field. Evanora calls out for the winged baboons to attack, but realizes too late that it is a trap composed of false scarecrow soldiers that puts most of the baboons to sleep. However, two baboons manage to avoid this and capture the nearby Glinda who drops her wand and bring her to Evanora. Evanora attempts to find Glinda's wand as well, but this is concealed by the China Girl.
Flying into Emerald City square, Evanora faces an angry crowd held back by Winkee soldiers as her guards chain Glinda on the dais. Announcing that this is what happens to those who defy ver, E anora blasts Glinda repeatedly with green lightning as the crowd shouts in protest. As Glinda is taunted by Evanora, the Wicked Witch of the West arrives and announces the cowardice and betrayal of the Wizard, showing the hot air balloon flying nearby.
Theodora shoots it down with fire, causing it to ignite and pour gold stolen from the treasury. As she and Evanora are about to destroy Glinda, an illusion of smoke cast from a carriage appears as Oscar's head. Thinking this to be impossible, the Witch of the West tries to fire at the head, only to have no effect. In response, Oscar sets off fireworks to scare the witches out of Oz. Frightened, Evanora withdraws, prompting Theodora to scream, "Come back here, coward!
And you said I was the weak one! Seeing the Wizard's might and uprising from the citizens, The Witch of the East retreats to the throne room, attempting to escape the city.
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