Elphaba Thropp's parentage is a major lingering question throughout Wicked and Wicked: For Good - and fans will eventually get their answer. This post has spoilers for Wicked: For Good. In the first Wicked movie - just like the stage musical of the same name - Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) had a green complexion because her deceased mother drank a magical elixir of the same color that she was given by the then-unidentified man with whom she had an affair.