The news is out and the internet is thrilled: Colman Domingo will voice the Cowardly Lion in " Wicked: For Good ."

"Wicked" director Jon M. Chu teased the news in a Thursday interview with Deadline , saying that it will be "wild" when the actor who is voicing the part — a major Hollywood star, per Chu — steps on the red carpet.

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But the news was instead revealed Monday, when the "Wicked" movie Instagram account posted a video of Domingo playing with and surrounded by a number of stuffed toy lions.

"See you in Oz," Domingo says in the video with a wink.

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Users on social media spent the weekend speculating who might be playing the part, with rumors centeri

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