‘It’s changed me’: Jeff Goldblum says he has stopped eating meat after working on Wicked

Actor said discussions about animal cruelty with director John Chu had led him to join Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in renouncing meat

The actor Jeff Goldbum has credited working on the Wicked movies with his decision to turn pescatarian.

Speaking on This Morning, Goldblum, 73, said that he had been affected by the film series’ themes of animal cruelty to such an extent that he stopped eating meat.

“Working with [director] Jon Chu [is] amazing,” he said. “It’s changed me. You know, after doing this movie, we talked about the animal cruelty, I stopped eating meat and poultry.”

He added: “We need the world to work for everybody on Earth and every creature, too.”