“Bridgerton” star Jonathan Bailey has been in talks to join the cast of Jon M. Chu’s musical adaptation of “Wicked,” and on Wednesday, the director announced the British actor will play Fiyero in the two-part film.
Chu confirmed the news on Twitter with an apt lyric from the song “Dancing Through Life.”
“He’s perfect, they’re perfect. They’d be perfect together. Born to be forever…..I am too excited to pretend this hasn’t been happening. We have a Fiyero!!!!” he wrote.
Bailey’s character Fiyero is Elphaba’s love interest, who attends Shiz University with both her and Glinda. The actor and theater star would join a cast that includes Ariana Grande as Glinda the Good Witch and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba.