You may already know that Wicked’s 2024 movie adaptation used a lot of wigs in its production.
They even grew and changed throughout the movie, Frances says.
But according to the BBC, some of the intricate hairpieces were made on a tighter schedule than you might have thought.
In an interview with one of the women behind the wigs, Marie-Josée Mampuya-Yonda, the braider said: “I got the call, and I told my daughters, ‘Oh, by the way, we have to do a wig that’s going to be used for a film.’”
But it was a tall (or long) order, because the BBC says the film’s production team needed the new ’do in just three days.
“I was scared, I was worried it wasn’t up to my strength. But I said, ‘I can do it.’”
