Variety
variety.com › 2025 › film › news › wicked-2-for-good-colman-domingo-cowardly-lion-1236554795
'Wicked: For Good' Casts Colman Domingo as Cowardly Lion
October 20, 2025 - The Cowardly Lion was a main character in the classic 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz.” In “Wicked,” he is the young cub Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey) rescue after Dr.
Fandom
wicked.fandom.com › wiki › Brrr
Brrr - Wicked Wiki - Fandom
JavaScript is disabled in your browser · Please enable JavaScript to proceed · A required part of this site couldn’t load. This may be due to a browser extension, network issues, or browser settings. Please check your connection, disable any ad blockers, or try using a different browser
Videos
03:29
Lion Cub Rescue (Sleepy Poppies Scene) | WICKED (4K) - YouTube
03:02
Wicked | Elphaba and Fiyero Save The Lion Cub Scene Recap - YouTube
r/wicked on Reddit: Deleted scene: FULL lion cub scene
08:24
Elphaba and Fiyero Save the Lion Cub (Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey) ...
r/wicked on Reddit: Watching this deleted scene of Elphaba and ...
The Cowardly Lion's Shocking Betrayal of Elphaba in Wicked ...
Who plays the Cowardly Lion in Wicked: For Good?
Actor Colman Domingo (Sing Sing) voices the CG Cowardly Lion character in Wicked: For Good.
nbc.com
nbc.com › nbc-insider › how-the-cowardly-lion-connects-to-wicked-for-good
How the Cowardly Lion Connects to Wicked: For Good
Who is the Cowardly Lion in Wicked: For Good?
In Wicked: For Good, the Lion who shows up in the forest to expose Elphaba's past to the other escaping animals is the grown-up cub from 2024's Wicked. In that film, after Professor Dillamond (voiced by Peter Dinklage) is let go from his position at Shiz University, Professor Nikidik (Colin Michael Carmichael) takes over the class and introduces the students to animal cages, which are meant to discourage creatures from ever learning to speak. Elphaba is appalled, and with the help of Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey), they free the cub from his cage and release him into the forest.
The Lion was terrified of being left alone in the forest and grew up fearful, and he blames Elphaba for this. When they cross paths again in the forest near the animal escape tunnel under the Yellow Brick Road, he tells his animal kin that Elphaba was the one who used the spell that forcefully gave the monkey guards their wings, implying she did it with malice. The animals are then distrustful of Elphaba and continue their plan to escape Oz.
The Lion is then recruited by an angry Boq to join him and Dorothy to retrieve Elphaba's broom for the Wizard of Oz, and get rid of the Wicked Witch of the West once and for all.
nbc.com
nbc.com › nbc-insider › how-the-cowardly-lion-connects-to-wicked-for-good
How the Cowardly Lion Connects to Wicked: For Good
Who is the Cowardly Lion in Baum's book?
The Cowardly Lion first appears in the 1900 book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He encounters Dorothy as she's traveling to the Emerald City and tries to bite her dog, Toto. When she reprimands him, the lion admits he's a coward and asks to join her so he can ask the Wizard of Oz for courage and actually be the King of the Beasts.
nbc.com
nbc.com › nbc-insider › how-the-cowardly-lion-connects-to-wicked-for-good
How the Cowardly Lion Connects to Wicked: For Good
Fandom
wicked.fandom.com › wiki › Cowardly_Lion › Musical
Cowardly Lion | Wicked Wiki | Fandom
3 weeks ago - The Cowardly Lion is a minor character in the Broadway musical, Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz. The Cowardly Lion is only fleetingly seen, since the producers felt that both he and Dorothy, as the most recognizable and iconic characters from the film (other than the Witch), would ...
NBC
nbc.com › nbc-insider › how-the-cowardly-lion-connects-to-wicked-for-good
How the Cowardly Lion Connects to Wicked: For Good
While there, she collects allies who have some pretty personal beefs with Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), a.k.a. the Wicked Witch of the West, including Boq/Tin Man (Ethan Slater) and the Cowardly Lion (voiced by Colman Domingo).
Published November 21, 2025
Radio Times
radiotimes.com › home › movies › who are the scarecrow, tin man and cowardly lion in wicked: for good? full spoilers and roles explained
Who are the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion in Wicked: For Good? Full spoilers and roles explained | Radio Times
November 21, 2025 - It doesn’t quite go to plan, however, and ends up causing his heart to shrink and disappear. Elphaba manages to save his life but this transforms him into the Tin Man in the process. Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz and ...
TheWrap
thewrap.com › home › who is the cowardly lion in ‘wicked: for good?’ meet the academy award nominee behind that voice
Who Is The Cowardly Lion in 'Wicked: For Good?' Meet the Academy Award Nominee Behind That Voice
November 22, 2025 - In the first half of “Wicked,” ... and teaching throughout Oz) from learning how to speak. The students are shown a cage with a lion cub frightened inside....
Capital FM
capitalfm.com › news › tv-film › wicked-lion-musical-part-2-who
Who is the Cowardly Lion in Wicked? Here's how the musical reveals his true identity - Capital
December 4, 2024 - However, they beef his character out a little in Wicked. If you’ve seen Part 1, then you’ve already met the Cowardly Lion as the cub that was brought in during a demonstration at Shiz by the teacher replacing Dr Dillamond. In the film, we see him bring in a caged lion cub who ‘trembles’ in fear, leading Elphaba to cast ...
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cowardly_Lion
Cowardly Lion - Wikipedia
1 week ago - The Lion is a minor character in author Gregory Maguire's 1995 revisionist novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, its 2003 Broadway musical adaptation and the musical's two-part film adaptation. He is first seen as a Lion Cub, lion with human attributes, who has been ...
ScreenRant
screenrant.com › home › wicked › the cowardly lion's origin in wicked before wizard of oz explained
The Cowardly Lion's Origin In Wicked Before Wizard Of Oz Explained
November 2, 2024 - Dillamond (Peter Dinklage) being dismissed from Shiz University's faculty, the students in Wicked are instructed by a vicious replacement who aims to impart upon them a desire for the systematic oppression of Oz's anthropomorphic animal population. The new teacher brings a caged lion cub to class, ...
Entertainment Weekly
ew.com › wicked-for-good-casts-colman-domingo-cowardly-lion-11832887
'Wicked: For Good' casts Colman Domingo as the Cowardly Lion
October 20, 2025 - ... Updated on October 20, 2025 2:24 p.m. ET ... Colman Domingo; The Cowardly Lion in 'Wicked: For Good'. Credit: ... Grab your sparkly shoes, Dorothy, we're heading to Oz with the Cowardly Lion!
Reddit
reddit.com › r/wicked › was the cub they used int he show real and does it become the cowardly lion?
r/wicked on Reddit: Was the cub they used int he show real and does it become the Cowardly Lion?
February 21, 2023 -
Was the cub they used int he show real and does it become the Cowardly Lion?
Either I missed the Cowardly Lion at the end or they didnt show him, I did hear Fiyero talking to him though
Top answer 1 of 3
16
Yes it's real. Every production borrows a lion cub from the local zoo. /s
2 of 3
11
So I saw the show in Orlando a few weeks ago. Pretty sure it was a doll or puppet. Near the end when the Tin Man is talking about killing Elphaba he has a leash or chain I think that's holding the lion off stage but he doesn't want to come out. He roars a little bit though. That was the same lion she saved earlier. The Tin Man says since he wasn't allowed to fight his own battles, thanks to Elhpaba, he became a coward.
Reddit
reddit.com › r/wicked › but what do they do with the little lion cub? 🥺 (spoilers okay.)
r/wicked on Reddit: But what do they do with the little lion cub? 🥺 (Spoilers okay.)
March 8, 2025 -
They seem to take him off school grounds, they have their moment, and then Fiyero says he better get the cub to safety and dashes off but I assume there isn't a local lion rescue org nearby. Do we know what he does with the little guy?
I know that the cub becomes the Cowardly Lion but do the books or the musical say what happens him after his rescue?
The Direct
thedirect.com › homepage › movie › wicked movie: who becomes the lion, tin man and scarecrow from wizard of oz, revealed
Wicked Movie: Who Becomes the Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow from Wizard of Oz, Revealed
November 23, 2024 - While the Cowardly Lion makes a minor appearance, what Wicked does with him is hardly as interesting as what Wicked did with Dorothy's other two companions—when they were not made of straw or tin.
Reddit
reddit.com › r/wicked › who is the cowardly lion?
r/wicked on Reddit: Who is the cowardly lion?
November 28, 2024 -
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?
Top answer 1 of 13
58
If he is voiced by James Cordon I will be writing a strongly worded letter
2 of 13
38
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!
Reddit
reddit.com › r/oscarrace › colman domingo revealed as the cowardly lion in wicked: for good.
r/oscarrace on Reddit: Colman Domingo revealed as the Cowardly Lion in Wicked: For Good.
October 20, 2025 - Some of the articles today listed as "Colman Domingo cast as Cowardly lion in Wicked for Good" and i was like man these reshoots schedules are getting tight! 😅 ... I mean~ At least, it's not James Corden.
/Film
slashfilm.com › 1772961 › wicked-cowardly-lion-wizard-of-oz-storyline-explained
How One Wicked Character Becomes The Cowardly Lion In The Wizard Of Oz - SlashFilm
January 29, 2025 - This becomes abundantly clear when Doctor Dillamond is dragged away during one of his classes, horrifying Elphaba and her fellow students; he's summarily replaced by the brisk and cruel Professor Nikidik (Colin Michael Carmichael), who pulls out a cage containing a lion cub and proceeds to tell the class that he can experiment upon the small creature and ensure that it will never speak. Elphaba isn't great at keeping her magical abilities in check, especially when she feels strong emotions — and as a result of her fury, she accidentally casts a spell involving a bouquet of poppies she gave to Doctor Dillamond before his imprisonment, putting everyone in the room to sleep except for Elphaba herself and Winkie prince Fiyero Tigelaar (Jonathan Bailey).
PinkNews
thepinknews.com › home › legendary queer actor announced to play the cowardly lion in wicked: for good
Legendary queer actor announced to play Cowardly Lion in Wicked: For Good
October 20, 2025 - In Wicked, the Cowardly Lion is the lion cub who Elphaba (Erivo) and Fiyero (Bailey) steal from a cage brought into class by a new professor following the capture of Dr.
India Today
indiatoday.in › news › movies › hollywood › actor colman domingo joins wicked: for good cast as the cowardly lion
Actor Colman Domingo joins Wicked: For Good cast as the Cowardly Lion - India Today
October 21, 2025 - A reimagined version of the beloved ... this retelling, the Cowardly Lion is introduced as a cub rescued by Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey) after a classroom discussion about his captivity....
Tumblr
tumblr.com › deeplyshalllow › 770169586063704064 › an-in-depth-study-of-the-lion-cub-scene-in-the
An in depth study of the Lion Cub Scene in the Wicked Movie – @deeplyshalllow on Tumblr
💬 8 🔁 79 ❤️ 292 · An in depth study of the Lion Cub Scene in the Wicked Movie · Elphaba and Fiyero's meeting Dancing Through Life Sorry it’s taken a little longer than I expected to come out wi…
E! Online
eonline.com › home › news › colman-domingo-cast-in-wicked-for-good-cowardly-lion-in-sequel
Wicked: For Good Reveals Cowardly Lion Casting as Euphoria Actor
Ahead of the announcement, Wicked director Jon M. Chu had kept mum about who he had cast as the voice of the lion, who was rescued as a cub in the first film by Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba and Jonathan Bailey’s Fiyero.
Published October 21, 2025