Cynthia Erivo defies gravity and is made by fans Bad film footage.

The Oscar-nominated actress on Wednesday denounced an unofficial change to the upcoming movie musical’s new poster, after select netizens took issue with the image’s nod to the original show’s iconic animated one-sheet, which featured Glinda (Ariana Grande, in the film) is depicted whispering. in the ear of Elphaba (Erivo).

“This is the wildest, most offensive thing I have ever seen, equivalent to that horrible Ai of us fighting, equivalent to people asking the question ‘if you are ***** green’,” Erivo, 37, wrote on her Instagram Story alongside an image of the edited poster with shadows obscuring Erivo’s eyes — which were visible on the film’s official poster, but are hidden under the brim of Elphaba’s hat in the Broadway version.

“None of this is funny. None of it is cute. It degrades me. It degrades us,” Erivo continued, referencing viral memes that used AI to create footage of Grande and Erivo punching each other while in costume, and another meme trend that sees Grande’s character asking Erivo if the color of her genitals matches the color of her green skin.

Erivo’s message continued: “The original poster is an ILLUSTRATION. I am a real human being, who has chosen to look straight down the barrel of the camera at you, the viewer… because we communicate without words with our eyes. Our poster is a tribute, not an imitation, editing my face and hiding my eyes is erasing me And that is just deeply hurtful.”

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When contacted for comment, a Universal representative did not comment, instead pointing Entertainment weekly on Erivo’s Instagram post.

The first part of director Jon M. Chu’s two-parter Bad In the film series, Erivo and Grande play the famous witch characters originally from the book by L. Frank Baum The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Stephen Schwartz first adapted the project into a stage musical that appeared on Broadway in 2003, and became one of the most beloved musicals of modern times.

Bad – also starring Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Bowen Yang and Peter Dinklage – hits theaters on November 22. See Erivo’s message above.