The Broadway play debuted in 2003, starring Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth. Based on Gregory Maguire’s book of the same name, Wicked provides insight into how Glinda and Elphaba’s relationship in their youth led to their roles in the iconic film, The Wizard of Oz. Wicked examines the unlikely friendship between Glinda, The Good Witch and Elphaba, The Wicked Witch of the West. View full post on Instagram What is Wicked about?

I’ve never played anything like that before,” Cynthia shared.

Finding the beginning stories where we know her and just trying something different and new. “The most exciting thing about bringing to the screen is getting to ground her out and seeing the reasons why she is the way she is. We’re gonna be in each other’s lives for a bit.” In 2022, Cynthia said she and Ariana Grande had been bonding to prep for their roles as Elphaba and Glinda, respectively - “I saw her a couple of months ago, we’ve been FaceTiming and talking,” Cynthia explained to Variety. “It feels like it might be the role of a lifetime.” She appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres show where she spilled the tea to guest host Tiffany Haddish about starring as Elphaba in the highly anticipated movie. Chu, who she described as 'thee most thoughtful, brilliant, compassionate and warmest possible director on this planet, my other Ozian best friend ever.'Ĭynthia Erivo also opened up about her role in Wicked. 'To hold my brilliant twin flame / sister Cynthia’s beautiful, green hands every day… To work in the safest, most beautiful and loving, biggest-yet-most-intimate/tiny-feeling spaces…' she shared sweet words about her co-star, revealing that the films are halfway through production.

'I am so grateful, I don’t know what to do or say… To be here in Oz where everyday is a life changing one… To be feeling, learning and growing so much at such a disarming speed… To feel so much love around me, to begin each day before the sun is up and to end after it set.' She shows me so many new things every day,' Ariana wrote. 'Savoring every millisecond left with my Galinda (although she’ll be with me irrevocably, forever). The singer posed under a stunning rainbow with her pup, Toulouse, and wrote a love letter about what it's been like to play her dream role of Glinda, which she credits for 'transforming and healing parts of me that I never knew needed it.' In March 2023, Ariana Grande shared a lengthy Instagram post as an ode to Oz. The Aretha star followed up by sharing a carousel post that included a black-and-white video of her embracing Ariana in a hug on set. The Positions singer shared a black-and-white photo alongside her onscreen frenemy during what appeared to be a table read. In July 2022, Ariana and Cynthia took to Instagram to share behind-the-scenes clips from set. “i ♡ you,” Ariana wrote underneath a separate post of the same photos. “It’s been wonderful making magic with you 💚💚💚💚💚,” Cynthia commented.

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