Fans customized the Wicked movie poster to more closely match the original Broadway poster.

Original Broadway Poster:

Movie poster:

Some fans, disappointed by the poster, altered it to be closer to the original, moving Grande’s hand and lowering the brim of Erivo’s hat to cover her eyes. The edits prompted Erivo to respond. “This is the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen

“None of this is funny. None of it is cute. It degrades me. It degrades us,” Erivo continued. “The original poster is an ILLUSTRATION. I am a real life human being, who chose to look right down the barrel of the camera to you, the viewer… because, without words we communicate with our eyes.”

So, this seems like a completely reasonable reaction to fans making fan content.

  • Match!!@pawb.socialEnglish
    412·
    2 months ago

    it’s not like they didn’t know the original poster existed when they made the official poster. they made it a particular way on purpose and the edit doesn’t respect that

      • madcaesar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Even if they were who cares it’s a fucking poster. It’s giving buzz to your project. This lady has lost the plot.

    • Etterra@lemmy.worldEnglish
      141·
      2 months ago

      Actor: I was doing my own thing.

      Fans: We literally never asked for that.

    • MammyWhammyEnglish
      8·
      2 months ago

      So?

      What’s the harm of the fan edit? Why get upset that someone edited a movie poster to more closely match the original poster?

      Fans didn’t do it to demean or belittle the actors in the movie. They did it because they’re excited for the movie.

      What a silly thing to get mad over.