Jonathan Bailey’s horse in ‘Wicked’ is the same one in ‘Bridgerton’

Jonathan Bailey made sure to bring one Bridgerton Castmate for Evil Sentence.

Bailey, 36, asked his former animal co-star Jack the horse to join him on the set of the new movie musical.

The actor revealed this on the Tuesday, November 5, episode of The Popcorn Podcast that he worked with Jack on the Netflix series. Then, on Monday, November 11th, the official Evil The TikTok account previewed Bailey as Prince Fiyero Tigelaar in the upcoming film musical, with the actor’s voiceover describing his and Jack’s bond.

“I went around to check [Wicked director] Jon M. Chu Before we started filming, I said to him, “I think I know who the horse is.” And he said, “What do you mean?”

Bailey explained: “It’s Jack, the horse I rode Bridgertonwith whom I had a great relationship.”

The TikTok post is edited to a short clip from Bailey’s upcoming film, in which his character Fiyero arrives in the forest on horseback.

“People say: Don’t work with children and animals. But if it were Jack, I’d say, “Take the job.” “He’s a legend,” Bailey concluded.

Bailey told The Popcorn Podcast Host Tim Iffland said he and Jack had “built a trust and a relationship”.

“He is incredibly focused and can be a very stable scene partner,” he said.

Bailey added that with Jack as his scene partner in Fiyero’s performance, he felt “confident to just go for gold.” “I thought you knew you had to start off strong.”

Bailey, who stars in the musical, previously told PEOPLE that he rehearsed one of the film’s bigger musical numbers on set Bridgerton And fellow travelers.

“I have videos on my phone of me practicing on long-haul flights,” Bailey said in PEOPLE’s new special Evil issue, in which he practiced his character’s big ballroom number, “Dancing Through Life,” among his other projects.

Bailey plays the lead role Evil alongside Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba. (The original Broadway cast of the musical included Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel in the roles. Bailey’s role on Broadway was played by Norbert Leo Butz.)

The highly anticipated film also stars Ethan Slater as Boq, Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, Peter Dinklage as Dr. Dillamond, Marissa Bode as Nessarose, Bowen Yang as Pfannee and Bronwyn James as ShenShen.

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