United Kingdom, Jan. 27 -- Cynthia Erivo feels like an outsider because she doesn't "fit in".

The 'Wicked' star, 38, admits her vulnerable side helped her connect with her character Elphaba in the big screen movie-musical as she understands what it means to feel alone and be set apart from others.

She told the Guardian newspaper: "I think I was surprised by how connected I felt to Elphaba. Surface, we're different: I walk into the room, I'm bald-headed, I've got no eyebrows, I've got nails, I've got piercings, I've got tattoos, for me that's my everyday normal but a passerby might think: 'What is happening here?'

"But as you peel away those layers, yes, I understand what it feels like to be set apart from everybody else, and not fit in...