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Topics: Ariana Grande, Wicked, Cynthia Erivo, TV And Film, Entertainment
Madison Burgess
Topics: Ariana Grande, Wicked, Cynthia Erivo, TV And Film, Entertainment
Ariana Grande has opened up on the one Wicked scene that will stay with her forever.
It's been a good few weeks now since Wicked: For Good arrived in cinemas on 21 November was released, a year after the first instalment, starring Ariana and Cynthia Erivo.
Fans have been learning the songs, dissecting their favourite scenes and coming up with plot theories, and it's no secret that for Ariana, 32, playing Glinda the Good was the role of a lifetime.
She's constantly been vocal about how much she loves the story and how much it means to her, and last week, she was even nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Supporting Actress category for her portrayal of the iconic character - in fact she and Erivo made history as the first two actors in history to be consecutively nominated for playing the same characters.
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In the wake of this amazing achievement, she sat down with Deadline to talk about the scene that stayed with her once the cameras stopped and filming wrapped.
The musician and actress told the publication: "The beautiful thing about Glinda is the balance between her darkness and the comedy that she uses to cover up that pain.
"In the first movie, it’s the opposite. It’s the pain that’s underneath the surface of the comedy. So, there was plenty of room for play, and Jon [M. Chu] was really supportive – and he deserves all the flowers in the world."
She explained how Chu, the director, was 'so encouraging' and let her and Cynthia 'live in these women and whatever happens, happens'.
Ariana went on to pick out a specific scene that stayed with her - and it's not what you'd expect.
She recalled: "There is, of course, the door scene, where we are on either side of the door, which is something that just naturally happened in rehearsals.
"But the moment I think about is when Glinda tells Madame Morrible and The Wizard to use Nessarose [to lure Elphaba into a trap]."
Ariana revealed: "I had no idea that shot was going to be what that shot is. That’s just something that Jon instinctively knew how to capture. Things like that are really surprising and not planned and beautiful and cosmic.
"You can have every storyboard in the world and not know how those things are going to happen on the day. Jon calls that 'catching butterflies.' But wow, is this movie a tough one for Glinda."
She also mentioned the door scene, which has been dubbed the most devastating in the whole movie by fans.
Ariana and Cynthia perform the film's titular song, 'For Good' which turns into a heartbreaking goodbye between Glinda and Elphaba as the witch hunters descend on Elphaba's hideout.
Elphaba then tells Glinda she has to go now, who asks: "What's going on?"
Erivo's character then says: "Don't worry, everything's going to be fine," before hurrying Glinda away and finds a closet for her to hide in, where they each say 'I love you' before the door closes.
It's also since been revealed that the scene in question was partly improvised by the leading actresses.
Cynthia told TODAY Magazine: "The moment that I tell her I love her at the door, and she says it back, that was not in the script. That was something that we - that happened. All of that was sort of what she and I found in the room.
"We found out how we could say goodbye. I think both of us were just figuring out how each of our characters would actually say goodbye.
"Even through the song, there wasn't much direction. He just let us sing to one another. Tell each other the truth."