With the 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz” forever ingrained in pop culture history, seven-time Oscar-nominated production designer Nathan Crowley knew it was the necessary starting place to develop “Wicked.”
At the Variety FYC screening presented by Universal, Crowley told Clayton Davis, Variety’s senior awards editor, about his close collaboration with director Jon M. Chu, who recently won the Critics Choice Award for best director.
“He really wanted to push the design as far as he could into this magical place with building the sets. I love practical building when you’re with all the crew. Sometimes you’re in mud … I find it just overwhelmingly good fun.”
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