"I used to say, I can imagine Demi Moore naked and green on the cover of Vanity Fair," Gregory Maguire, the 'Wicked' author, said.

Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg and Nicole Kidman were just a few of the stars considered to star in a film version of Wicked in the mid-1990s. Find out who else was circling the movie.

When 'Wicked' was optioned by Demi Moore's company and in the early stages of development at Universal in the '90s, Whoopi Goldberg, Nicole Kidman, Salma Hayek, and more were being considered.

Although Moore wasn't directly involved in the production plans for Wicked, her long-time producing partner, Suzanne Todd, was negotiating on her behalf. “We had been friends for a long time,” she Todd,

The “Wicked” movie is a box office powerhouse with $530 million and counting at the global box office. It’s also a critical darling, earning rave reviews and Oscar buzz for its leading ladies Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.