The Cowardly Lion is the lion cub Elphaba and Fiyero brought into the woods during Part 1. This is spun into blaming Elphaba for the lion's cowardice - in the song "March of the Witch Hunters" the Tin Man has the lines: And the lion also / Has a grievance to repay / If she'd let him fight his own battles / When he was young / He wouldn't be a coward today! Answer from hikingdyke on reddit.com
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Who Is The COWARDLY LION In WICKED?? - YouTube
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The Cowardly Lion in Wicked #relatable #wicked #lion - YouTube
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The Cowardly Lion in Wicked: A Tale of Loyalty and Redemption
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r/wicked on Reddit: Who is the cowardly lion?
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By the end of Wicked it is set up that Fiyero would become the scarecrow and Boq would become the tin man. But who would become the cowardly lion?
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If he is voiced by James Cordon I will be writing a strongly worded letter
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The Cowardly Lion is the lion cub Elphaba and Fiyero brought into the woods during Part 1. This is spun into blaming Elphaba for the lion's cowardice - in the song "March of the Witch Hunters" the Tin Man has the lines: And the lion also / Has a grievance to repay / If she'd let him fight his own battles / When he was young / He wouldn't be a coward today!
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Who Is the Lion in Wicked? Everything You Need to Know
June 18, 2025 - In the first Wicked movie and Act One of the musical, Boq is one of Elphaba’s Shiz classmates who is in love with Galinda but is in a relationship with Elphaba’s sister, Nessarose. Later on in the musical, Nessa becomes desperate for Boq to truly love her and accidentally mispronounces a love spell that shrinks his heart. To save his life, Elphaba turns him into a tin man.
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The Cowardly Lion's Origin In Wicked Before Wizard Of Oz Explained
November 2, 2024 - Following being freed from captivity by Elphaba, not much is known about the lion's experiences in the intervening time in the movie/musical version of Wicked. However, he grows up to be the famously timid character everyone knows. At some point, the lion meets Dorothy, as well as Boq (Ethan Slater), Elphaba's former classmate who becomes the Tin Man.
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How the Cowardly Lion Connects to Wicked: For Good
Actor Colman Domingo (Sing Sing) voices the CG Cowardly Lion character in Wicked: For Good. The highly-anticipated sequel to 2024's Wicked, aptly titled Wicked: For Good, is now in theaters and closes out the story of Glinda, the Good Witch ...
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How One Wicked Character Becomes The Cowardly Lion In The Wizard Of Oz - SlashFilm
January 29, 2025 - To try and keep Boq by her side, Nessarose oppresses the Munchkins, and when Boq tries to leave, the future Wicked Witch of the East casts a spell that goes horribly wrong and almost destroys his heart; Elphaba saves his life by turning him into a man made of tin who doesn't need a heart. The brainless Scarecrow, meanwhile, is Fiyero, and he's also transformed by a spell that Elphaba casts to try and save him from harm. In fact, the Cowardly Lion only shows up in the Act 2 number "March of the Witch Hunters" in the Broadway musical ...
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Wicked Movie: Who Becomes the Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow from Wizard of Oz, Revealed - IMDb
Wicked Movie: Who Becomes the Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow from Wizard of Oz, Revealed · Audiences unfamiliar with the original book and musical may have missed that the Lion, Tin Man & Scarecrow appeared unnamed in Jon M. Chu's Wicked.