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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums'Wicked' First Look: Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in Costume
The stars talk for the first time about playing the unlikeliest of friends, Glinda and Elphaba. With the teaser dropping during the Super Bowl, Wicked is looking pretty wonderful.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/wicked-part-one-exclusive-ariana-grande-and-cynthia-erivo
https://archive.is/RjpYb
Were certainly not in Kansas anymore. The first official teaser for Wicked, starring Grammy-, Tony-, and Emmy-winning actor Cynthia Erivo and Grammy-winning pop star Ariana Grande, has been unveiled, revealing director Jon M. Chus Oz for the very first time. Now, VF has an exclusive portrait of Erivo and Grande in character as Elphaba and Glinda, the witches whose friendship-turned-rivalry fuels the story, as well as the first interviews with the cast and filmmakers. Grande and Erivo tell VF theyve become inseparable friends while making the moviematching Wicked tattoos and alland sound thrilled to be together again so soon after the shoot wrapped in January. I actually told my mom I was really relieved we dont have to miss each other that long, says Grande.
As for Glinda and Elphabas relationship, Grande says its defined by a really selfless love and friendship. Theyre both each others first real friend, a person who accepts them for everything that they are. Erivo seconds that: Once they figure out that theyre actually different sides of the same coin, they see each other clearly. She hopes Wicked can teach an important lesson: We are all different and the same, and the differences that we have actually make us really special. Hopefully we use those differences to introduce ourselves to one another. We arent pushing people away because theyre different, but were opening up because theyre special.
For Chu, Wicked is more than a megahit Broadway musical. This is the American fairy tale, he tells Vanity Fair. We are in a time where we are reassessing the story of life in America. What is truth? What is a happy ending? Is the yellow brick road the road to follow? Is someone really there on the other end whos going to give you your hearts desire? The first installment of Wicked seeks to answer those questions and more. Book writer Winnie Holzman and composer Stephen Schwartz, who adapted the Broadway show from Gregory Maguires novel, collaborated with Chu and Wicked producer Marc Platt to adapt the stage production for the screen. The result was apparently so splendiferous that the team felt Wicked needed to be not one but two feature films. Part one takes flight on November 27 this year. The second hits theaters November 26, 2025.
We didnt want to end up making one four-hour movie and then cutting out songs. We want to satisfy the fans of the musical, says Platt. Film allows you to create a place and a timea university like Shiz, an extraordinary Emerald City governors mansion. Theres so much more to explore. Finally, we now have a glimpse at those worlds, inspired by L. Frank Baums classic novel and Joe Mantellos stage version. Chus film realizes the hallowed halls of Shiz University and the viridescent streets of Emerald City in the most opulent way possible. Wicked on the biggest screen had the opportunity to be the grandest, most spectacular, epic musical experience of all time, Chu said. It was just like, Lets put everything into this. The glittering cast also includes Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Fellow Travelers star Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, Tony nominee Ethan Slater as Boq, newcomer Marissa Bode as Nessarose, and Jeff Goldblum as the legendary Wizard of Oz.
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'Wicked' First Look: Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in Costume (Original Post)
Celerity
Feb 14
OP
Is Ariana Grande naturally that thin, or did they have her drop weight for the movie?
LudwigPastorius
Feb 15
#4
I love the book, & really look forward to the movies! Gregory McGuire is a superb writer.
Hekate
Feb 15
#5
I usually really like Cynthia Erivo's singing, but what she did to the ending of Defying Gravity as heard in the
beaglelover
Feb 15
#8
Scrivener7
(50,955 posts)1. I just watched "Bad Times at the El Royale." Cynthia Erivo! She's astonishing!
Celerity
(43,408 posts)2. that is a really good movie, and she was also wonderful as Harriet Tubman
happybird
(4,608 posts)3. Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard of Oz?
I'm in.
LudwigPastorius
(9,155 posts)4. Is Ariana Grande naturally that thin, or did they have her drop weight for the movie?
(I apologize if she's got an eating disorder or something. I honestly don't know anything about her, other than having heard the name.)
Hekate
(90,714 posts)5. I love the book, & really look forward to the movies! Gregory McGuire is a superb writer.
rogerballard
(2,889 posts)6. Last time I was in a theater was for Mamma Mia! Wicked will bring me back
So looking forward to this. Agree with Bad Times at the El Royale, what a great film.
Solly Mack
(90,771 posts)7. Wow. Wonderful.
beaglelover
(3,486 posts)8. I usually really like Cynthia Erivo's singing, but what she did to the ending of Defying Gravity as heard in the
trailer that dropped during the SB is very cringy. But overall, the movie looks really great. The scenic design is very impressive. But I don't understand why they had to split it into 2 movies a year apart when the broadway play is able to be consumed in one sitting.
Celerity
(43,408 posts)9. The 'Wicked' Movie Will Have One Very Long Intermission
The link to that was in my OP.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/04/the-wicked-movie-will-have-one-very-long-intermission
Director Jon M. Chu announced that the forthcoming musical will be split into two separate movies, saying that it would be impossible to adapt Wicked into a single film.
Director Jon M. Chu announced that the forthcoming musical will be split into two separate movies, saying that it would be impossible to adapt Wicked into a single film.
beaglelover
(3,486 posts)11. But the musical somehow can be adapted into a single sitting show. There's only 1 reason they are splitting it into
2 movies.......$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!
niyad
(113,336 posts)10. I know where I will be on Nov. 27th!!!