"My Character Gets His Just Desserts": Bowen Yang Teases What’s Next for Pfannee in ‘Wicked: For Good’ [Exclusive]

The last five years have been filled with plenty of good things for Bowen Yang. Along with his long-running spot on Saturday Night Live, the actor and comedian has been enjoying success in project after project, through titles like Bros and Fire Island. However, 2024 saw him leave his biggest mark on the industry yet thanks to his supporting role in Jon M. Chu’s Wicked. In the Tony Award-winning musical’s theatrical adaptation, Yang appears as Pfannee — a crony of Ariana Grande’s Glinda — whose sole purpose in life is to be as petty as possible, especially when it comes to Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba. While characters like Glinda and Elphaba have long been part of the story of Wicked, Yang’s number one hater is an original creation for the cinematic crossover. This means that, while we know the path (or rather yellow brick road) that Glinda, Elphaba, Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey), and others will be walking in the follow-up movie, Wicked: For Good, Pfannee’s future is up in the air.