Cynthia Erivo feels like an outsider because she doesn't 'fit in'
'Wicked' star Cynthia Erivo admits she often feels like an outsider because she doesn't "fit in" and it helped her connect with her character in the big screen movie-musical.
Cynthia Erivo feels like an outsider because she doesn't "fit in".
The 'Wicked' star, 38, admits her vulnerable side helped her connect with her character Elphaba in the big screen movie-musical as she understands what it means to feel alone and be set apart from others.
She told the Guardian newspaper: "I think I was surprised by how connected I felt to Elphaba. Surface, we’re different: I walk into the room, I’m bald-headed, I’ve got no eyebrows, I’ve got nails, I’ve got piercings, I’ve got tattoos, for me that’s my everyday normal but a passerby might think: ‘What is happening here?’
"But as you peel away those layers, yes, I understand what it feels like to be set apart from everybody else, and not fit in; yes, I understand what it feels like to be a kid whose father doesn’t care; yes, I understand what it’s like to feel alone when you’re in a room full of people who don’t know where you’re coming from or why you’re so tired, or why you do things your way.
"Me and Elphaba had that same journey, trying to fit, and it doesn’t work. Your only choice is to be who you are."
