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OBSESSED! Willemijn Verkaik Takes "Defying Gravity" on a World Tour
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 พ.ย. 2013
- www.playbill.co... As she prepared to wrap up her run in "Wicked," Willemijn Verkaik met up with Seth to chat about her background - she is from the Netherlands and has performed the role of Elphaba in three different countries and in three different languages. Seizing the opportunity to create havoc (as per usual), Seth asked her to sing "Defying Gravity." The catch? She'd be required to switch amongst the three languages (and permutations thereof!) according to the cue cards doled out by his assistant.
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Seth: "I'm not German, dear. You have to tell me what that sounds like."
Willemijn: (*internally*) I'M NOT F'ING GERMAN EITHER
My thoughts exactly
I love how when Will pauses, Seth is like "It's an 'F'". She's been doing this for forever I'm pretty sure she knows what the note is lmao.
+SlowxParentsxCrossing her "yes, I know" is everything haha
Willemijn is the Queen of Elphaba. How many Broadway actresses can nail it in three languages? She's beautiful in person too.
when not green she is Pretty!!
Katherine Henig In green she's pretty aswel
@@Skatjekim I think she had one of the best green makeup looks for Lll the Elphabas.
None. None would nail it in three languages. Saw her perform it live ten times. She's amazing
"Is ever gonna bring me.... NEER!!"
That is the funniest transition from English to Dutch I have ever heard!
"Language of the riff!!!"
My ears have never been more satisfied.
That.. Riff..was..majestic.
It was kinda meh, lol
Not to my ears it wasn't. It was absolutely amazing!
I do realize that the riff here is exaggerated, but especially the first bit is quite similar to the one from her final performance in London this July
3:26
she takes the shortest breath... for the LONGEST riff. i can't.
Seth: It's an F...
Willemijn: Yes, I know...
Haha, she's probably thinking "I literally have sung this song over 1000 times, you really don't think I know it's an F???" ;) But this is seriously one of the best videos on TH-cam. :D
Lol
her face though when she says it XD
haha
I love willy
Who doesn't?
"is ever gonna bring, meeeee ..........NEEEEEEEEHHHHHH!"
LOL that was so cute
SMAnthonyW She Said "NEER" it means down in Dutch 😁
@@2theleft2theleft It’s ”ner” in Swedish, Dutch is actually pretty easy to understand when you are Swedish and also know some German ;)
Oh, hi fellow Reveluv!
I loved the way that when Willemijn was in the West End and performed live, she spoke to the audiences with a British accent. Not many international performers would have done that in the UK! :) Such a talented and amazing woman!
I believe that's what they're supposed to do, Cuz a Mexican actor was Simba on the Lion King in Spain and he talked spanish with an European accent (very different from the latin America Spanish)
@@ValeriamtzpTe refieres a Carlos Rivera, ¿verdad? 😊
@@AstriDBZ Exactamente!!! Cuando fui a ver el musical a la ciudad de México el justo acababa de salir 🥲🥲
Her name is spelled wrong in the beginning! And English with the German accent I fell of my chair it was so funny. She actually got the right notes even though she didn't know how to sing the words. Talented definitely! Proud to be Dutch when I see Dutch people doing these things all over the world. I love her!
I want her to do the whole song in the Language of Riff. Make it 15 minutes long. Saaaaaang!
He’s incredibly exhausting.
Her talent is of another world. Just breathtaking.
it’s been 7 years and I’m still very obsessed with this performance by Willemijn 💚💚💚💚💚
Same. 8 years...
If I was that girl sitting in that chair when she did that riff at the end I probably would have fell out and died. gosh just pure amazingness
She is absolutely amazing. Best Elphaba ever. Can't believe she's not more famous here.
+Turd Ferguson ^^^same. As a broke American I wish she'd come over here more often XD
Marie Brittain God I feel your pain
I couldn't stop grinning throughout ALL the video, she's just so talented, but also so "dorky". Plus, that riff at the end was just mind blowing.
That riff is my life goal
Beautiful, talented, humble--this is how actors should behave.
she's just dutch, actually. ahahah
"Keine Ahnung!" :D Oh my GOSH, I miss her sooo much here in Germany.. But well, I am also sososo proud of her. My Wicked obsession started with her performance since she was my first Elphie.. Great woman ♥
'Well, I'm not German dear, You'll have to tell me what that sounds like."
Well, she's not German either, duh!
Whahaha, love this vid!
Amazing! Geweldig!
Dieses "Keine Ahnung!" klingt so süß irgendwie xD
Sophie K. Yes!
Sie ist einfach süß 😂🙌🏼
Lmao I died at her English with a German accent!
Yeah, me too. But it was close to perfect. :D
She's Dutch
Rosanne Van Kooten He's talking about the part in the song where she is told to sing in English but with a German accent.
I figured it was hard because, as her German co-star Lucy said, she speaks German better than some Germans. So they had no reason to switch to English with her...she likely didn't hear their German accent in English that often.
I loved her reaction to "English with a German accent"
@Chase Babin: She's saying "Keine Ahnung" which means: "I have no idea / don't know / got no clue" in German.
Thomas Butler 3:05
Yeah!!!👍👍
The moment where she knows how to do the German accent but sorta feels it's inappropriate..lol
Genius, love that woman
2:48 seth your vocal coach is showing
every other day I come back to this video, just because the language of the riff is too great and the "it's an F" moment is too hilarious... this gives me life!
Seriously! This woman is the definition of a BEAST!!!
Whoah, I have mad respect for this woman. Elphaba is a difficult part to sing as it is but 3 languages?? Dang dang diggity dang a dang..
She's gorgeous and that voice is amazing.
xD i would have laughed so hard if they put just for fun spanish in there she would be like WTF WHY
Or any other language!
Levi Right what if they put in French she would be like wth
Pip's & Co well she did sing in French once...
There isn't even an official French translation of Defying Gravity to sing
She is more than amazing! I don't have any words to describe her
That riff....
I've fallen and I can't get up.
My favorite part of this whole video is “that’s called talent” 😂
Willemijn is literally PERFECT !!!! 3 3 not just as Elphaba, but also as a human being OMG that riff melted me :O 3
THAT RIFF!!!!! KILLED! HOLY CRAP!
She nailed Wicked in every language, and I know she did the Frozen soundtrack in German and Dutch
i love the frustrated 'yes i KNOW' after seth says 'it's an f'
This lady is the real deal :)
OH MY GOSH THE ENDING OF THE RIFFS! I want to be her when I grow up.
The first and only time I saw Wicked on Broadway she was playing Elphaba and she was amazing.
Is ever gonna bring me..... NEER!! XD
I was actually wondering about this - isn't that line actually "meer" in the Dutch version? Isn't it something along the lines of "Nee niemand die mij pakke kan, geen towenaar, geen vrouw, geen man, nee jullie zien mij hier nooit MEER"? Isn't it the previous line that ends in "neer" - as in "en niemand houd mij ooit noch NEER"? And "meer" means "more" while "neer" means "down"? Not sure if I've got all this right because my understanding of Dutch is far from perfect (my second language is Afrikaans). So I wonder if she just thought very quickly on her feet and translated it because "neer" fitted perfectly there, or if she got confused with the "neer" from the previous line... I'm guessing the former :)
MostlyMe
Yep, sounds about right ;) I think she kind of accidentally did it, but it fit so.. But I guess most of the youtube visitors wouldn't have noticed it at all ;)
MostlyMe
I think she wanted to sing "is ever gonna bring me DOWN" but when she got the last piece of paper handed over it said dutch, so she quickly translated "down" in to "neer".
Haha well whether she did it on purpose or not it fit so perfectly! The perfect switch between languages :) I absolutely love her.
I think indeed she just translated the last word 'down' to 'neer' instead of singing 'meer' from the dutch version: ('Nee niemand die mij pakken kan, geen tovenaar, geen vrouw, geen man, nee jullie zien mij hier nooit MEER')
I don't think it's on perpose, she was already singing, only had one word to go, and then had to switch from English to Dutch, so she just translated that word. And it happens to seem simular to 'meer' (what it should have been).
Anyway, she just did great, I think she had a lot of fun, and so did I watching this.
Willemijn is gewoon GEWELDIG!
Love this "Keine Ahnung" from Willemijn❤
"And finally...the language of riff!" Sing, Willemijn, SING!!! I don't even care if you messed up the English with German accent, it's not your fault that's what the card said! And you're still one of the most talented people on this planet!
OMG that riff! I love that she was able to crack up at the craziness of the accent part lol
She is absolutely amazing!!
That ending riff!!! Hahahaha incredible!
Saw her in London 2 weeks ago she was breath taking!
I envy you...
When I went to see Wicked in The Netherlands, I had her understudy :(
She was good too, but nothing compared to Willemijn.
Hope she will play Elphaba angain here some day...
THAT RIFF
Seth "it's an F" ... Seth love Willemijn knows .. Lmao
omg love her
Wooooooow!!!! Now I MUST go and see WILLEMIJN perform in Wicked!!
this was looked so dificicult!! Mad respect
This was brutal. I didn't know she was so amazing.
I know I have never seen her live but she’s my favourite elphaba
brb stealing her voice box
Matt Cooke right
She is the best! I love her so much! ♥♥♥♥♥♥
Nos encanta a todos en la familia cuando canta "die eiskonigin" en alemán "ich lass loss, lass jetz loss" , it's a beautiful song, and her voice? Perfection!!!
I’ve been wanting to play a game like this for a while, and it’s so cool to see she actually pulled it off!
seen an heard this many times, love it every time!
Willemijn is the best.
So happy I got to see her preform live twice (Musicals in concert 2014&2015), my only regret is never seeing her play Elphie, when I went to see Wicked in The Netherlands, Renee van Wegbergen played Elphaba. :(
Willemijn really is worlds best Elphaba ever!
Her language of riff is amazing
This remains one of the most impressive things I've ever seen.
I'm very upset that I was trying to find this video, and searching "Winnie Smith Defying Gravity" *didn't* bring me to this video...
Her voice does things to me nobody ever has!
Mylanta Georgia!! Quite possibly my favorite riff. EVER!!!! #chills
The language of the riff blessed my ears
SHE BETTA SAAAANNNNGGGGG!!!!!!!! THAT RIFF!!!!!
life goals: her riff
she’s so incredible omg
Such an Awesome Amazing Talent!!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️~I’d love to see her in person!!!⭐️👍🏽💕
Omg I love this woman.
1:07 *laughs forever at Seths face* 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗
QUEEN
She's amazing!
This woman is a queen.
I love Will so much it’s not funny... so talented it’s crazy
I was fan girling so hard at the end OMG
Love her!!!
Woah!! Thats incredible!! Goosebumps.
It said it's an F to her? What a hell, she sang this a million times, how ridiculous
I just met Willemijn this past weekend in London! She did an AMAZING job as Elphaba and she is also a really nice person! She posed for a photo with me and signed my program :) She's an amazing performer and a super nice woman!
Same here but 5 days ago in London !:)
Is it weird that I have developed a little bit of a straight-lady crush on her? She's got the perfect package for Elphaba!
Not at all weird. I just want to be in the same room as her!
Linseyap LOL I HAVE A HUGE GAY-LADY CRUSH ON HER YOU'RE FINE
@@mika9483 BRO SAME
WOW. First time I've ever heard an Obsessed performer get applause from the behind-the-camera people c:
The best thing about it is the "Keine Ahnung" and Bart at the end
that riff was amazing
That riff though
i officially love this woman lol
Holy shit!! God I wish I could riff like that
How freaking amazing was that??!!
That riff, wow!
Her whole face and neck turned red on the riff😂😂
Willemijn : sings first note
Also Willemijn : Blew all famous singers away 😂
Me: Watches this video over 3000 times because i couldn't believe she's so good and singing this RANDOM WTF HOW
Also me: tries to sing this like Willemijn
My Family : STOP IMITATING THE DOG
I’ve seen this 50 times and only now do I notice that when they show het name it says willemjin instead of willemijn
Her riff killed me!
Isn't it four countries? West end too xx
Willemijn you rock! So proud, en je zou inderdaad dat gewoon lekker van de daken moeten schreeuwen! :-)
I like the language of the riff.
I love you Willemijn :)
Willemijn's Riffs are to die for