Why Wicked: For Good made Jeff Goldblum stop eating meat

Jeff Goldblum “stopped eating meat” after grappling with the theme of animal cruelty in Wicked: For Good.

The 73-year-old actor stars in the upcoming musical blockbuster as the Wizard of Oz - who uses animals as a scapegoat to maintain his totalitarian control over the Emerald City and Oz - and Goldblum has now revealed he has become a vegetarian after playing the villain in Wicked: For Good “changed” him.

During an appearance on This Morning, Goldblum said: “It’s uncommon that you get to be doing this over a period of time and get more fertile and juicy and interesting and relevant roles for yourself at this period of time.

“Working with [director] Jon M. Chu [is] amazing. It’s changed me. You know, after doing this movie, we talked about the animal cruelty, I stopped eating meat and poultry. So this Christmas and Thanksgiving, I may be having another something else.

“We need the world to work for everybody on Earth and every creature, too.”

Wicked: For Good - which is based on the second half of the Broadway musical Wicked - follows Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) as their relationship is pushed to its breaking point when the Good Witch is forced to choose between her best friend and the Wizard of Oz (Goldblum).

The movie - which hits cinemas on November 21, 2025 - also stars Jonathan Bailey as Prince Fiyero, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Ethan Slater as Boq and Colman Domingo as the Cowardly Lion.