{"id":2181087,"date":"2025-11-29T18:16:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T18:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2181087"},"modified":"2025-11-29T18:16:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T18:16:28","slug":"sussex-schoolgirl-features-in-hugely-anticipated-hollywood-movie-wicked-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sussex-schoolgirl-features-in-hugely-anticipated-hollywood-movie-wicked-for-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Sussex schoolgirl features in hugely anticipated Hollywood movie Wicked: For Good"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Littlehampton girl has featured in a block-buster movie.<\/p>\n

Lucia Smith, aged 10, appears in a scene with young Glinda in the new movie, Wicked: For Good.<\/p>\n

The young actress features in the flashback scene, where Glinda is seen celebrating her birthday party as a child.<\/p>\n

Lucia attends Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts, in Worthing<\/a>, where she joined an agency and submitted her audition tape for the “confidential feature film” at the end of April this year.<\/p>\n

After finding out she got the role, filming took place during the May half-term in London however Lucia had to keep the entire thing under wraps until the film came out last Friday (November 21).<\/p>\n

Lucia appears among children at young Glinda’s birthday party (Image: Clare Smith)<\/span><\/p>\n

Lucia said: \u201cI was really pleased when I found out but I wasn’t allowed to tell anyone until the film came out.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was very hard because people kept coming up to me at school asking, \u2018what movie is it\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wicked: For Good is the second part to the stage musical adaptation, set before and during the Wonderful Wizard of Oz movie.<\/p>\n

The film stars Ariana Grande, who plays Glinda, and Cynthia Erivo, who plays Elphaba, following the story of their unlikely friendship.<\/p>\n

The hugely-anticipated movie, directed by Jon M. Chu, has been recognised as the biggest launch of a Broadway film adaptation, surpassing Box Office figures made for the first film in its opening weekend. Parts of the first movie were filmed in Sussex<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the experience, Lucia said: \u201cIt was very fun. It took a long time [to film] but it was really fun to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a fantastic experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lucia\u2019s mother, Clare added: \u201cTo be her first audition and to get a role in something so big, it\u2019s amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lucia with director, Jon M. Chu (Image: Clare Smith)<\/span><\/p>\n

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During filming, Lucia also had the chance to meet Ariana Grande, alongside the other children taking part.<\/p>\n

Lucia even had the chance to briefly tell Ariana that she was a fan of Sam and Cat \u2013 a popular Nickelodeon show starring Ariana Grande and Jennette McCurdy.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cIt was really exciting. Jon, our director, said he had someone he\u2019d like us to meet and we all went into a room. All of a sudden, Ariana came in.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe screaming hurt my ears.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lucia shared how despite having already seen the movie three times, she already plans to watch it again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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