How One Wicked Character Becomes The Tin Man In The Wizard Of Oz

Large, large spoilers for Act 2 of the Broadway musical “Depraved” — which is being tailored into “Depraved: For Good” — lie forward! Cease studying if you wish to keep away from spoilers!

Within the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz,” Judy Garland’s Dorothy Gale is flanked by three companions as she travels down the yellow brick highway to satisfy the Wizard of Oz (4, if you happen to depend her loyal pup Toto, who traveled together with her from Kansas to Oz). These buddies and protectors are generally known as the Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr), the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger), and the Tin Man (Jack Haley), and whereas Dorothy desires to ask the Wizard to ship her residence, the Lion, Scarecrow, and Tin Man have agendas of their very own. The Lion desires to ask him for braveness, the Scarecrow would actually love a mind, and as for the Tin Man, he merely desires a working coronary heart.

You are most likely aware of these characters as a result of, effectively, “The Wizard of Oz” is among the most well-known motion pictures of all time … however how does the Tin Man issue into “Depraved,” Jon M. Chu’s epic two-part adaptation of the Broadway musical of the identical identify? (While “The Wizard of Oz” obviously factors into the story of “Wicked,” I ought to make clear that the musical actually leans on Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel “Depraved: The Life and Instances of the Depraved Witch of the West,” which is darker than the musical however nonetheless serves as its supply materials.) A personality we have already met in “Depraved: Half One” will really develop into the Tin Man, and it is a tragic story — so, here is what to look at for when the second “Depraved” movie, “Depraved: For Good,” comes out later this yr.

Once we meet Boq in “Depraved: Half One,” we instantly notice he hails from Munchkinland — largely as a result of he has to face on a pile of books at Shiz College to satisfy his romantic rival Prince Fiyero Tigelaar (Jonathan Bailey) within the eye — and he is performed by Ethan Slater, an actor identified for his roles in Broadway reveals like “The SpongeBob Musical” and “Spamalot.” (Nowadays, Slater is additionally identified for his ongoing real-life relationship with Ariana Grande-Butera, who performs Galinda Upland in “Depraved” and acquired an Academy Award nomination for her supporting position.) Boq is nice, seemingly shy, and carrying a reasonably apparent torch for Galinda, who brushes him off to the purpose the place she retains forgetting his identify (she calls him “Bick,” like, a complete bunch of occasions). When Galinda figures this out, she shrewdly tells Boq he ought to ask out Nessarose Thropp (Marissa Bode), the youthful sister of unpopular Shiz scholar Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo, who additionally scored an Oscar nod within the lead class), leaving Galinda free to proceed romancing Fiyero.

Boq appears to know, on some degree, that Galinda is offering Nessarose as a distraction, but it surely doesn’t suggest he is merciless to Nessarose; actually, he is her date when a complete bunch of Shiz college students sneak out to go dance on the Stardust Ballroom, and he very earnestly ensures that she has an excellent time. Sadly, Boq’s connection to Nessarose is in the end his downfall — and it helps clarify how he turns into the Tin Man.

Nessarose really loves Boq, however the best way she reveals it within the second act of the “Depraved” musical is, frankly, not nice. On the finish of the musical’s first act (which we have already seen on-screen in “Depraved: Half One”), Elphaba escapes the Emerald Metropolis beneath duress simply after she discovers that Shiz College’s Dean of Sorcery Madam Morrible (Michelle Yeoh) and the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum) are each in cahoots and evil frauds. Whereas Elphaba escapes, she sings the showstopping Act 1 nearer “Defying Gravity,” reluctantly leaving her finest good friend — who’s now styling her identify as simply “Glinda” — behind as she seeks to depart Ozand keep away from persecution, and because the movie closes, we see Madam Morrible stage a full PR marketing campaign declaring that Elphaba is an enemy of all that is good in Oz. As Nessarose and her and Elphaba’s father Governor Thropp (Andy Nyman) take heed to her announcement, Governor Thropp collapses, and in Act 2 of the musical, we be taught that he died (presumably of shock).

When Nessarose takes management of Munchkinland as governor (in her father’s stead), she turns into a tyrannical chief — which is especially dangerous information for Boq, who finally ends up trapped within the land and going through a civil rights disaster all as a result of Nessarose desires to hold onto the person she loves so badly. When Elphaba reveals as much as attempt to purpose together with her sister, issues go from dangerous to worse, particularly the place Boq is worried.

When she discovers that her sister has develop into a merciless ruler of Munchkinland (and that her love for Boq has develop into poisonous), Elphaba tries to do one thing variety for her sister, but it surely fully backfires. We see, in “Depraved: Half One,” that Elphaba and Nessarose’s mom Melena (Courtney Mae-Briggs) left behind a pair of silver sneakers, and Elphaba enchants them — turning them ruby purple within the course of — to assist Nessarose stroll with out the help of her wheelchair. It is extraordinarily necessary to notice right here that, on stage, Nessarose is usually performed by an able-bodied actor, however Marissa Bode is the primary wheelchair consumer to ever play the position. In September of 2024, Bode indicated to Variety that this explicit second shall be completely different within the second “Depraved” movie, stating, “Casting authentically and exhibiting an genuine disabled individual is essential, but it surely’s additionally crucial how we’re proven. I’m very proud of the adjustments which were made, for certain.”

No person apart from Bode and Jon M. Chu is aware of fairly how it will change in “Depraved: For Good,” however the level within the musical is that Boq, seeing Nessarose stroll, abruptly decides that she not “wants” him and tries to depart to be with Glinda. In a rage, Nessarose casts a spell that is supposed to maintain Boq together with her by specializing in his coronary heart, however all she finally ends up doing is shrinking his coronary heart as a result of it belongs to Glinda. As a way to save his life, Elphaba casts a spell of her personal, turning Boq into the Tin Man (in order that he not requires a coronary heart to remain alive).

Boq seems in each L. Frank Baum’s authentic 1900 ebook “The Great Wizard of Oz” and in Gregory Maguire’s novel “Depraved,” however when Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman tailored the latter for the stage, they determined to make one large change: Boq grew to become a “composite character,” that means that they mixed Boq’s story with that of the Tin Man to offer his narrative extra dramatic weight. (Boq is definitely a really rich citizen of Munchkinland in “The Great Wizard of Oz” and even permits Dorothy and Toto to remain at his monumental residence throughout her journey.) Plus, within the books, the Tin Woodman is a personality who’s named Nick Chopper, however this all adjustments within the “Depraved” musical, making Boq a much more tragic character. (At the least he is not alone — Fiyero gets turned into his yellow brick road buddy, the Scarecrow.)

In “Depraved: Half One,” we are given a large clue concerning Boq’s future — his final identify is “Woodsman,” which is a reasonably clear reference to the L. Frank Baum character known as the “Tin Woodman.” After turning into the Tin Man, Boq, within the musical, is imbued with rage and determined for revenge towards Elphaba, blissfully unaware that the spell that reworked him really saved his life; within the musical quantity “March of the Witch Hunters,” Boq because the Tin Man rallies residents of Ozto search out the so-called “Depraved Witch of the West” and destroy her for good. If “Depraved: For Good” follows the musical as faithfully as “Depraved: Half One” did, we’ll see Boq’s heel flip when it comes out on November 21, 2025; as for the primary movie, it is accessible to hire or purchase on digital platforms now.

Large, large spoilers for Act 2 of the Broadway musical “Depraved” — which is being tailored into “Depraved: For Good” — lie forward! Cease studying if you wish to keep away from spoilers!

Within the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz,” Judy Garland’s Dorothy Gale is flanked by three companions as she travels down the yellow brick highway to satisfy the Wizard of Oz (4, if you happen to depend her loyal pup Toto, who traveled together with her from Kansas to Oz). These buddies and protectors are generally known as the Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr), the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger), and the Tin Man (Jack Haley), and whereas Dorothy desires to ask the Wizard to ship her residence, the Lion, Scarecrow, and Tin Man have agendas of their very own. The Lion desires to ask him for braveness, the Scarecrow would actually love a mind, and as for the Tin Man, he merely desires a working coronary heart.

You are most likely aware of these characters as a result of, effectively, “The Wizard of Oz” is among the most well-known motion pictures of all time … however how does the Tin Man issue into “Depraved,” Jon M. Chu’s epic two-part adaptation of the Broadway musical of the identical identify? (While “The Wizard of Oz” obviously factors into the story of “Wicked,” I ought to make clear that the musical actually leans on Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel “Depraved: The Life and Instances of the Depraved Witch of the West,” which is darker than the musical however nonetheless serves as its supply materials.) A personality we have already met in “Depraved: Half One” will really develop into the Tin Man, and it is a tragic story — so, here is what to look at for when the second “Depraved” movie, “Depraved: For Good,” comes out later this yr.

Once we meet Boq in “Depraved: Half One,” we instantly notice he hails from Munchkinland — largely as a result of he has to face on a pile of books at Shiz College to satisfy his romantic rival Prince Fiyero Tigelaar (Jonathan Bailey) within the eye — and he is performed by Ethan Slater, an actor identified for his roles in Broadway reveals like “The SpongeBob Musical” and “Spamalot.” (Nowadays, Slater is additionally identified for his ongoing real-life relationship with Ariana Grande-Butera, who performs Galinda Upland in “Depraved” and acquired an Academy Award nomination for her supporting position.) Boq is nice, seemingly shy, and carrying a reasonably apparent torch for Galinda, who brushes him off to the purpose the place she retains forgetting his identify (she calls him “Bick,” like, a complete bunch of occasions). When Galinda figures this out, she shrewdly tells Boq he ought to ask out Nessarose Thropp (Marissa Bode), the youthful sister of unpopular Shiz scholar Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo, who additionally scored an Oscar nod within the lead class), leaving Galinda free to proceed romancing Fiyero.

Boq appears to know, on some degree, that Galinda is offering Nessarose as a distraction, but it surely doesn’t suggest he is merciless to Nessarose; actually, he is her date when a complete bunch of Shiz college students sneak out to go dance on the Stardust Ballroom, and he very earnestly ensures that she has an excellent time. Sadly, Boq’s connection to Nessarose is in the end his downfall — and it helps clarify how he turns into the Tin Man.

Nessarose really loves Boq, however the best way she reveals it within the second act of the “Depraved” musical is, frankly, not nice. On the finish of the musical’s first act (which we have already seen on-screen in “Depraved: Half One”), Elphaba escapes the Emerald Metropolis beneath duress simply after she discovers that Shiz College’s Dean of Sorcery Madam Morrible (Michelle Yeoh) and the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum) are each in cahoots and evil frauds. Whereas Elphaba escapes, she sings the showstopping Act 1 nearer “Defying Gravity,” reluctantly leaving her finest good friend — who’s now styling her identify as simply “Glinda” — behind as she seeks to depart Ozand keep away from persecution, and because the movie closes, we see Madam Morrible stage a full PR marketing campaign declaring that Elphaba is an enemy of all that is good in Oz. As Nessarose and her and Elphaba’s father Governor Thropp (Andy Nyman) take heed to her announcement, Governor Thropp collapses, and in Act 2 of the musical, we be taught that he died (presumably of shock).

When Nessarose takes management of Munchkinland as governor (in her father’s stead), she turns into a tyrannical chief — which is especially dangerous information for Boq, who finally ends up trapped within the land and going through a civil rights disaster all as a result of Nessarose desires to hold onto the person she loves so badly. When Elphaba reveals as much as attempt to purpose together with her sister, issues go from dangerous to worse, particularly the place Boq is worried.

When she discovers that her sister has develop into a merciless ruler of Munchkinland (and that her love for Boq has develop into poisonous), Elphaba tries to do one thing variety for her sister, but it surely fully backfires. We see, in “Depraved: Half One,” that Elphaba and Nessarose’s mom Melena (Courtney Mae-Briggs) left behind a pair of silver sneakers, and Elphaba enchants them — turning them ruby purple within the course of — to assist Nessarose stroll with out the help of her wheelchair. It is extraordinarily necessary to notice right here that, on stage, Nessarose is usually performed by an able-bodied actor, however Marissa Bode is the primary wheelchair consumer to ever play the position. In September of 2024, Bode indicated to Variety that this explicit second shall be completely different within the second “Depraved” movie, stating, “Casting authentically and exhibiting an genuine disabled individual is essential, but it surely’s additionally crucial how we’re proven. I’m very proud of the adjustments which were made, for certain.”

No person apart from Bode and Jon M. Chu is aware of fairly how it will change in “Depraved: For Good,” however the level within the musical is that Boq, seeing Nessarose stroll, abruptly decides that she not “wants” him and tries to depart to be with Glinda. In a rage, Nessarose casts a spell that is supposed to maintain Boq together with her by specializing in his coronary heart, however all she finally ends up doing is shrinking his coronary heart as a result of it belongs to Glinda. As a way to save his life, Elphaba casts a spell of her personal, turning Boq into the Tin Man (in order that he not requires a coronary heart to remain alive).

Boq seems in each L. Frank Baum’s authentic 1900 ebook “The Great Wizard of Oz” and in Gregory Maguire’s novel “Depraved,” however when Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman tailored the latter for the stage, they determined to make one large change: Boq grew to become a “composite character,” that means that they mixed Boq’s story with that of the Tin Man to offer his narrative extra dramatic weight. (Boq is definitely a really rich citizen of Munchkinland in “The Great Wizard of Oz” and even permits Dorothy and Toto to remain at his monumental residence throughout her journey.) Plus, within the books, the Tin Woodman is a personality who’s named Nick Chopper, however this all adjustments within the “Depraved” musical, making Boq a much more tragic character. (At the least he is not alone — Fiyero gets turned into his yellow brick road buddy, the Scarecrow.)

In “Depraved: Half One,” we are given a large clue concerning Boq’s future — his final identify is “Woodsman,” which is a reasonably clear reference to the L. Frank Baum character known as the “Tin Woodman.” After turning into the Tin Man, Boq, within the musical, is imbued with rage and determined for revenge towards Elphaba, blissfully unaware that the spell that reworked him really saved his life; within the musical quantity “March of the Witch Hunters,” Boq because the Tin Man rallies residents of Ozto search out the so-called “Depraved Witch of the West” and destroy her for good. If “Depraved: For Good” follows the musical as faithfully as “Depraved: Half One” did, we’ll see Boq’s heel flip when it comes out on November 21, 2025; as for the primary movie, it is accessible to hire or purchase on digital platforms now.