Where was Munchkinland filmed in the Wicked films?

The farm, near King's Lynn, attracts thousands of visitors each year and sweeping aerial shots of its vibrant colours have gone viral on social media on several occasions.

But it will now be globally known as the set of Munchkinland in Wicked, a musical that serves as a prequel for The Wizard of Oz and stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.

Stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande at the Wicked premiere in London (Image: Ian West/PA Wire) The story has been split into two parts and the second film is scheduled for release in 2025.

The field's owners, Mark and Susanne Eves, were astonished to be approached by Universal Studios location scouts in May 2022.

"They wanted something very colourful and crisp," Mrs Eves explained.

The tulip field sits near King's Lynn and attracts a lot of attention online each year (Image: Supplied) "The vision was to have a large field full of millions of tulips that the characters could run through in different shots.

"They told us what kind of colours and layout they wanted and they needed our expertise to make sure everything could be planted how they wanted by the time they were scheduled to shoot."

Hundreds of cast and crew members came along for the filming in April 2023 and stayed in a village close to Terrington Marsh. 

Hundreds of cast and crew members arrived for filming (Image: Supplied) The couple and their daughter Olivia even got the opportunity to feature on camera as munchkins in scenes that will be included in the second instalment of the film.

Mr Eves said the family watched part one together to celebrate Mrs Eves' birthday and found it "very emotional" to see everything put together.

"We never truly thought it would come off," he said.

The couple and their daughter saw the first film today (Image: Supplied) "It's amazing because they could easily have used CGI to add some colourful tulips but they chose us.

"It is absolutely amazing to see it on the big screen."