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I can't believe this is true, but Wicked's biggest song features a hidden Fortnite cameo

Box office hit Wicked features Epic Games' Fortnite during the movie's most iconic musical number.

The film's finale, built around breakout song Defying Gravity, sees Elphaba burst out of a window and try to take flight upon her broom. The detail can be seen in a video from The Rough Cut, where Wicked's editor Myron Kerstein discusses the complex sequence and all the visual, musical and sound effect cues that went in to putting it all together. Watch on YouTube This sound effect appears to have been released by Fortnite developer Epic Games for use, royalty free.

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