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Wicked director Jon M. Chu opened up about casting Ariana Grande as Glinda and the important skill that she brought to the movies.
The 30-year-old pop star is set to share the screen with Cynthia Erivo in the two-part saga, which kicks off with Part One on Thanksgiving this year.
During a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, Jon reflected on casting concerns for the film adaptation and what it meant for him to find Ariana and Cynthia.
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“When you find those two, you know it’s destiny,” Jon said, adding that they had developed “a spiritual connection.”
“We’ve gone through so many journeys together,” he explained, alluding to both personal and professional examples. “That’s why it had that impact on me.”
Jon also addressed another skill that Ariana brought to the set – her expansive knowledge of the source material. He said that came in handy as the cast and crew tried to determine what parts of the musical could be cut for run time.
“Ari is an aficionado on Wicked,” he gushed, adding that she’d describe certain lines as “bible” and untouchable.
Wicked just had a huge panel during CinemaCon, which the cast attended. We’ve got all of the pics and details.
On the topic of Ari, we also got rare photos of her with boyfriend Ethan Slater.
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Ariana Grande has shared a new update online, celebrating her “most beautiful Nonna” making US chart history.Shared on Instagram last night (April 17), the post comes shortly after it was reported that her grandmother – Marjorie “Nonna” Grande – made history by becoming the oldest person to hit the Billboard Hot 100.The 98-year-old featured on the singer’s latest album ‘Eternal Sunshine’, taking part on the track ‘Ordinary Things’. Following its release, the song earned the 55th spot on last month’s Billboard Hot 100 chart, setting a new record for the oldest person to appear on the chart.Now, the singer has taken to social media to celebrate her grandmother’s achievement, and hail her as the “most beautiful”.“Celebrating the one and only, most beautiful Nonna who has now made history for being the senior most person to ever appear on the Billboard Hot100,” she wrote in the caption.
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The cast of Wicked flew in from Oz to attend CinemaCon on Wednesday night (April 10) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter “Wicked” stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo traveled (by bubble, we assume) to Las Vegas for CinemaCon, the annual convention for movie theater owners. Dressed in their character’s signature pink and green aesthetic, the Grammy-nominated artists graced the stage at Caesars Palace to hype up “Wicked,” the sweeping movie musical that’s due in theaters around Thanksgiving. “We both felt such a tremendous responsibility to honor these women and to pour our hearts, our souls, our tears — so many different pairs of lashes,” said Grande, who requested to hold hands with her co-star on stage.
Game of Thrones alum Peter Dinklage was unveiled today as the voice of Dr. Dillamond in Universal‘s upcoming two-part musical Wicked.
Universal ended its CinemaCon presentation with Wicked last year, and they continued to beat the drum for director Jon M. Chu’s feature take of the Broadway musical with a colorful spectacle. Every attendee at Caesars Colosseum was given a faux tulip that lit up in varying colors, in particular pink and green, creating a great visual before Jeff Goldblum aka the Wizard took the stage to introduce Chu and producer Marc Platt.
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