Some devoted Evil Fans who showed up to AMC screenings of the film with their faces painted green were apparently asked to remove the face paint before entering the theater.

Since Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of the Broadway hit hit theaters last weekend, numerous social media users have posted videos of themselves wearing green face paint to the theater to imitate Cynthia Erivo’s colorful character Elphaba.

However, it appears that several fans have now been turned away and forced to wash their faces in the bathroom before being allowed into the screenings.

“This is the dumbest rule I’ve ever heard,” a TikToker named Celine Serrano said in a recent video. “Apparently AMC won’t let you put on face paint, so I’ll have to wash it off in the bathroom – whatever.”

In the caption, she said, “@AMC Theaters sees some people coming in on Tiktok with face paint – why not me??!”

Another TikToker, whose friend was also rejected for wearing face paint, posted a clip of his friend wiping off his makeup in the bathroom. “PSA: Don’t show up to an AMC wearing face paint, they won’t let you in,” they noted, adding in the caption, “At least the Burbank AMC in LA won’t do that.”

The company’s website states: “(Face) paint, helmets, masks (except standard face masks used expressly for health and safety reasons) or anything that covers the face are prohibited for safety reasons.”

Other major cinema chains, including Regal and Cinemark, Cineplex, Landmark Theaters and Marcus Theaters, also apply similar rules.

It appears that there are some theaters that actually welcome guests who have arrived in costume. “I can’t understand being thrown out of the theater. “Mine let me in on all of this,” another TikToker shared in a video of them dressed head to toe as Elphaba. “(They) even took photos of me.”

Earlier this week, AMC issued a warning informing moviegoers that they were not allowed to sing along Evil Songs at every point in the film.

In short EvilAMC said in its pre-show advisory video: “In AMC Theaters, silence is golden. No talking. No texting. No singing. No whining. No flirting. And absolutely no insults. Enjoy the magic of the films.”

In conversation with IndyStarAMC spokesman Ryan Noonan explained that this was the theater’s “longstanding policy” to prevent “disruptive behavior.” However, they wanted to emphasize these rules right now, before the musical hit theaters with classics like “Defying Gravity” and “Popular.”

Evilwhich also stars Ariana Grande as Glinda the Good Witch, is now in cinemas.