Cynthia Erivo And Ariana Grande Recall Being “Devastated” Upon Wrapping ‘Wicked’: “I Still Have All Of My Wigs”
deadline.comWicked stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande had a difficult time flying away from their characters Elphaba and Glinda. In a recent interview with the New York Times, the two leading women discussed how their on-screen friendship has bled into real life, becoming a cornerstone for them both.
That meant wrapping the two-parter shoot was difficult to reckon with. “I was devastated,” Erivo said when asked what it felt like to finish the Jon M.
Chu-helmed production, which filmed its first and second installments back-to-back, interrupted by both stars’ separate COVID diagnoses and the actors’ strike.
Grande echoed, “The whole day was a nightmare. We cried every minute, every hour. We both were in a horrible state for a few days.” Both actresses added that it was “really hard” to let the characters go: “I don’t think we ever truly, fully will.
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