Though their onscreen counterparts don’t at all times see eye to eye, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo have had one another’s backs from the start of their Wicked journey.
After the Jon M. Chu-helmed film musical premiered final month, Grande revealed that she and her co-star in contrast contracts to “ensure that we’re aligned” earlier than signing on to painting Glinda and Elphaba.
“Once I obtained my contract, I known as [Erivo], and was like, ‘Hey let’s undergo this factor. Let’s go beat by beat by means of this collectively and ensure we’re aligned in what we want,’” she defined throughout a SAG-AFTRA Foundation speak. “If [Erivo needs] one thing, we want it collectively. I need us to have one another’s backs. Your issues develop into my issues and mine develop into yours.”
Erivo beforehand informed Deadline that sense of consideration for one another additionally extended to their performances, “as a result of neither one among us is eager to be egocentric. We’re at all times like, ‘what’s the bottom you want?’, ‘what feeling do you want?’ We’re trying in one another’s eyes to see, ‘what does she want?’”
“We’re mates,” she stated warmly of Grande. “We’re in a deeply sincere relationship outdoors of the work. I speak to her nearly every single day. She messages me every single day and we’re at all times in dialog…if there’s one thing that I need her ears on or I need her opinion on, I ship it to her. If there’s one thing she desires my opinion on, she sends it to me. We’re at all times making an attempt to be aligned.”
Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and director Jon M. Chu on the set of Depraved (2024) (Giles Keyte/Common Photos/Courtesy Everett Assortment)
Primarily based on the Broadway musical and the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel, Depraved follows the Depraved Witch of the West, Elphaba (Erivo) and Glinda, the Good Witch (Grande) as they first meet at Shiz College and share a life-changing encounter with the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum).
Breaking a number of field workplace data, Depraved had a $164.2 million worldwide opening. The movie has additionally earned four Golden Globe nominations, together with Greatest Movement Image — Musical or Comedy, Greatest Actress for Erivo and Greatest Supporting Actress for Grande.
