Pakistan, Jan. 28 -- British actor Cynthia Erivo addressed Oscar's snub of 'Wicked' director Jon M Chu, despite the film picking up 10 nominations.

The first part of director Jon M Chu's show-stopping Broadway adaptation 'Wicked' is the second-most nominated picture for this year's Oscar Awards, contending in at least 10 categories including Best Film, Best Sound and Original Score, as well as Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, for Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande respectively.

However, much to everyone's shock, the director of one of the highest-grossing films of the year failed to make the cut in the nominees for Best Director. Reacting to the snub, Erivo, who essayed green-skinned Wicked Witch of the West Elphaba in Chu's film, sai...