This article contains spoilers for "Wicked: For Good."

On October 16, Jon M. Chu, the director of "Wicked: Part One" and its forthcoming second part "Wicked: For Good," spoke to Deadline about the second film and revealed that he had personally approached a mysterious actor to voice the Cowardly Lion, a "new" character in the upcoming movie. Chu stated that he sent the actor a DM on Instagram and simply ... shot his shot. "I was like, 'It's not a ton of lines, but maybe you have a little time. I know you're busy. I'll come to you,'" Chu revealed before revealing that the actor was on board right away. ("He was like, 'Why the f*** not, let's go!' And then we went ahead and recorded the lines.")

Not only that , but Chu also teased an enormous reveal when the movie premieres at

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