Kristin Chenoweth is sharing the advice she gave Ariana Grande ahead of her role in Wicked!
28.02.2022 - 04:45 / etcanada.com
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are busy building their friendship.
The two were announced as the stars of the upcoming film adaptation of “Wicked” back in November. Erivo is set to play Elphaba and Grande will play Glinda.
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During the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards red carpet Sunday night, Erivo said she is “very excited” about the project.
“Before I even went to do the audition I knew that music like the back of my hand. I was doing it at drama school and sneaking up to the piano room and just learning it all,” she told E!‘s Laverne Cox. “So I think it’s about learning the music, learning the story, finding our sort of way through it.”
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The SAG Award nominee noted that she’s spent a lot of time getting to know Grande, her costar.
“Ariana and I have been meeting and chatting and talking and building our own relationship because we know that it’s a sisterhood and we want to be ready and prepared to be there for one another,” Erivo said. “So it’s that, and [director] Jon [M. Chu] is amazing so we’re just sort of waiting to start. We’re ready to rehearse and get into it.”
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When it comes to her bond with Grande, the “Genius: Aretha” star said, “It’s the most delightful thing ever. We sat for like three hours on the floor of my house and just chatted and talked about everything.”
Kristin Chenoweth is sharing the advice she gave Ariana Grande ahead of her role in Wicked!
Kristin Chenoweth has nothing but love and support for Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo as they take on their roles in !“I feel great about both choices,” the actress, who played Glinda in in the original Broadway production, told ET’s Lauren Zima during the 27th Critics’ Choice Awards red carpet. “I have known Grande since she was 10, so Ariana, I am very very proud of you. She knows," Chenoweth assured. «We talk every day and it’s an honor and a pleasure to pass the wand and the crown to you.” Grande, who will play Glinda in the Jon M. Chu-directed adaptation, is already getting some helpful tips from her predecessor.
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Cynthia Erivo treated fans to a peek at what’s to come. The 35-year-old artist will play Elphaba in the musical film adaptation of the Broadway hit.On Tuesday, during an appearance on, Erivo performed a snippet of one of the musical's biggest songs, “For Good,” during a round of «Instant, Mystery Duets.» After Erivo correctly guessed that staffer Carter was one of the five people on the stage who could actually sing, it was time to put it to the test.
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Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are bonding on the set of their new movie!
Cynthia Erivo playing the «wicked» witch Elphaba and Ariana Grande as the «good» witch Glinda (formerly Galinda). is the story of how a green-skinned woman framed by the becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. The two lead roles were first played by Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth on Broadway.«I wasn't OK when I found out either. I was not OK,» Erivo told ET's Nischelle Turner at the 2022 SAG Awards of being cast in the iconic role. Though the cast has not started rehearsing just yet, Erivo, 35, and Grande, 28, have already been in communication, working on the bond between their characters. «I can tell you that Ariana is wonderful.
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