Mirror, Mirror depicts a comically evil Julia Roberts in the wicked stepmother role, and later this summer we'll see Charlize Theron as a warrior stepmother-queen battling her stepdaughter in Snow White and the Huntsman.
Shoshana Bean ("Wicked") plays that role, doing the vocal heavy lifting.
One thing people will discover about Mr. Kline, Mr. O'Brien says, is that "Kevin can be very wicked in this role" in a way that is a meditation on the ambiguous charms of wickedness.
In "Eat, Pray, Love," Elizabeth Gilbert presented herself as a seeker of solace, whereas Ms. Chua eagerly overacts the role of wicked witch.
Part of the narrative consists of Bird's letters to her half-sister, whom Boy – in her allotted role of wicked stepmother – sends away.
Juliette Binoche brings luminous intensity and wicked humor to the role of Isabelle, who is first seen naked in bed, under a man who's pumping away in vain.
On Broadway, she's played Glinda in "Wicked" and the Dolly Parton role in "9 to 5". (Bonus trivia: Her boyfriend, Steve Kazee, is about to star in the Broadway musical "Once").
But probably her most prominent job in the post-Basie years was on Broadway, where she briefly joined the cast of "The Wiz" as the wicked witch Evillene, the role originated by Mabel King.
Click here or on "View Images" for the view from the yellow brick carpet The 42-year-old star of The Constant Gardener, The Bourne Legacy and The Mummy admitted she threw herself into the role of wicked witch Evanora because it was so different to the people she normally portrays.
Known for her roles in "Wicked" and on TV's "Glee," Chenoweth zipped through crowd-pleasing show tunes such as "I Could Have Danced All Night" and "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again," the often-lugubrious "Phantom of the Opera" number she said she grew up listening to in her tiny Oklahoma hometown.
