Trending badgeTrendingPosted 1 hour agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret Down13 Famous People Who Were Almost In "Wicked" And "Wicked: For Good"Would PAY to see Nick Jonas in Wicked...by Lauren GarafanoBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink 1. Lady Gaga was reportedly the first choice to play Elphaba in a 2016 version of the film directed by Stephen Daldry. A source told Page Six, "They had meetings, the two of them, about the character and who she would be. [Gaga] was essentially cast in his version, and then it fell through.