The Real Reason Jeff Goldblum Stopped Eating Meat and Poultry

Jeff Goldblum is back as the Wizard of Oz soon, and apparently the yellow brick road changed his grocery list. While gearing up for Wicked: For Good, he says he cut meat out of his diet after conversations on set. Not the headline I expected from a Wicked press tour, but here we are.

What flipped the switch

In a recent chat on the morning show This Morning, Goldblum explained that playing the Wizard in Jon M. Chu's Wicked movies led him to rethink what he eats. He praised Chu, talked about how lucky he feels to keep getting interesting roles at this point in his career, and then dropped the lifestyle update: he went vegetarian after the film.

'After doing this movie, we talked about the animal cruelty, I stopped eating meat and poultry.'

'We need the world to work for everybody on Earth and every creature, too.'

He also called working with Chu 'amazing' and said the experience changed him. And honestly, between this and his recent run of roles, Goldblum sounds energized about the work in a way that feels rare for someone who has been doing it this long.

Where Wicked: For Good lands

Wicked: For Good is the second half of the two-part adaptation of the hit stage musical by Stephen Schwartz. The first film was a 2024 smash, finishing as the fifth-highest-grossing movie of the year and nabbing multiple nominations at the 97th Academy Awards, where it won Best Costume Design and Best Production Design. Early buzz on Part 2 suggests it might even top the first one, with critics already into Chu's direction and the cast across the board.

• Jeff Goldblum returns as the Wizard of Oz
• Ariana Grande is back as Glinda
• Cynthia Erivo returns as Elphaba
• Also featuring Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh, Ethan Slater, and more

Wicked: For Good hits theaters on Friday, November 21. Goldblum is clearly all-in on the role, and now, apparently, all-in on vegetables too.