Why 'steamy' Ariana Grande scene was cut from Wicked

Warning: This article includes spoilers for Wicked: For Good

With a PG rating, there have already been a few debates about Wicked's only 'spicy scene'.

And now, it's been revealed that there was actually a scene between Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey that was 'too passionate' to include.

For those not up to speed, Wicked: For Good hit cinemas on Friday (21 November) and has already proven to be a smash hit in the box office.

The highly-anticipated musical sequel, starring Grande and Cynthia Erivo, follows on from the first movie, which was released last November.

In the second instalment, we see Elphaba get demonised by those in Oz and transformed into the Wicked Witch Of The West, as she is known in L Frank Baum’s novel.

One moment in particular that fans have been raving about is when Elphaba (Erivo) and Fiyero (Bailey) get cosy in her treehouse hideaway and sing 'As Long as You're Mine'.

One of the Wicked writers has revealed that a 'passionate' scene between Glinda and Fiyero was cut (Universal)

Although there's no actual spiciness, parents don't worry, we do see them kissing and Fiyero wakes up without his shirt on the next day.

But to be honest, that's about as saucy as the movie got, which is understandable as it's a PG.

However, the movie’s co-writer Dana Fox recently told Deadline that there was actually a moment between Glinda (Grande) and Bailey's character that took things a little too far.

For those who haven't seen the film, Glinda is engaged to Fiyero, however he ultimately betrays her for Elphaba.

In the interview, Fox was quizzed on whether there was a scene on the cutting room floor that she wishes could have stayed - Glinda and Fiyero shippers cover your ears.

The writer reasoned: "I don’t think there’s anything that I wish we hadn’t cut because everything we cut, I felt we cut for exactly the right reasons.

"There are some beautiful things I’m sure will be in the deleted scenes. Perhaps, there is a scene that I don’t know if it will be included."

However, there was a good reason behind the decision (Universal)

Fox explained the reason why - and it actually makes sense, importantly, for the sake of the storyline.

She elaborated: "There was a scene between Fiyero and Glinda that we cut in which they kissed; it was romantic and beautiful, but a little too passionate.

"Seeing that made it too hard to watch him make the choice he makes to be with Elphaba and made it too hard to make it OK that Elphaba ran off with him. It was too real that he and Glinda were actually feeling something together."

Fox added: "It was like a feeling that he really did love her, which he does care about Glinda a lot, don’t get me wrong.

"But he likes her in a different way. But this scene was too romantic, so it was like, 'Oh, we can’t know that because then our brains will explode when he doesn’t choose her in the end. And then we’ll hate Elphaba, Glinda and Fiyero.' So, I think it was a good cut because it was too adorable that you simply couldn’t handle it."