“Wicked: For Good” has cast Colman Domingo as the Cowardly Lion.

Director Jon M. Chu said he approached the actor by sliding into his DMs.

Colman Domingo will see you in Oz.

The Oscar-nominated actor has been tapped to voice the Cowardly Lion in “Wicked: For Good.” The announcement was made Monday in a short clip shared by both the movie’s and Domingo’s Instagram accounts, which show the Emmy winner hiding behind an adorable lion plush before the reveal.

In an interview published last week in Deadline , “Wicked: For Good” director Jon M. Chu played coy about the identity of who he’d cast for the part in the second installment of his musical adaptation .

“Man, wait until the red carpet when the actor who gave us the Cowardly Lion’s voice steps foot on it,” he said to tease t

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