Jeff Goldblum Stopped Eating Meat After 'Wicked' Role

There’s no shortage of transformations happening in Wicked: For Good. But as it turns out, one of the biggest happened behind the scenes.

In a recent appearance on This Morning , Jeff Goldblum shared that he stopped eating meat and poultry after starring in Wicked and Wicked: For Good — citing their themes of animal welfare.

His Wicked Inspiration

Chatting with the British talk show on Nov. 10, Goldblum reflected on his character’s crimes — calling out the Wizard of Oz’s decision to “instigate and facilitate animal cruelty,” in addition to his “persecution of the Munchkins, and bad propaganda about vilifying Elphaba.”

The plight of animals in Oz, in particular, is a key theme of Wicked . As seen in the first film, animals like Dr. Dillamond are being silenced. And when