Wicked | Featurette: Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible - video Dailymotion

At university, the awkward Elphaba befriends the popular Galinda and practices sorcery in the hopes of meeting her idol, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Transcript

00:01When you first meet Madame Morrible, she is tough love.

00:05We have nothing but the highest hopes for some of you.

00:10They bow to her because she is the only one who actually has magical powers.

00:16She's been waiting for someone else.

00:19You. Come with me.

00:21Of course.

00:22Not you. You.

00:25And that's what I try to do is make all my characters very different.

00:30You want to be her. You want to be this amazing woman.

00:34When she first finds Alphabet, she knows this child has something very, very special.

00:40Absolutely remarkable.

00:42And that's where Madame Morrible is very manipulative.

00:45She's using these two girls to her endgame.

00:50It's when you suddenly realize, oh no, the mother figure is not what she thinks.

00:56Listen!

00:57Her nails come out.

00:59Don't let her get away.

01:01This Wicked Witch.

01:04I'm scary. I know I am sometimes.

01:06I just pretend to be nice.