Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo react to casting news in ‘Wicked’ promo

With less than two weeks until Evil Premiere, a promo video reveals the moment Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo learned they would star as Glinda and Elphaba, respectively, in the 2024 adaptation of the classic Broadway production. The song “Defying Gravity” plays in the background as the powerful singers transform into their own Evil Roll.

In the 90-second video, released by Xfinity on Tuesday, Erivo is seen wiping tears from her face as director Jon M. Chu shares the casting news on a video call: “The world needs more “Be our Elphaba.” In a subsequent video call, an emotional Grande expresses her gratitude as Chu says, “We want you to be our good Glinda.”

The Eternal sunshine The singer has long dreamed of playing the role of the bubble-riding “good witch” in the series Wizard of Oz Prequel. After watching a Evil While performing on Broadway at age 10, Grande met Kristin Chenoweth, the original Glinda, backstage. And after rewatching the Broadway production in 2011, Grande posted her dreams of starring in the role on social media.

“Love watching Wicked again…great production!” read the 2011 tweet, which Grande recreates in the promo video. “I realized again how much I would like to play Glinda at some point in my life! #dreamrole”

During the Los Angeles premiere of Evil On Saturday, Grande joined Erivo alongside Chenoweth and Broadway Elphaba Idina Menzel.

As for Erivo, she had contact with it early on Evil At drama school he played the libretti of the musical with a student friend. Five years later, she went on a solo date to see the Broadway production and was impressed by Elphaba’s outsider qualities. A decade later, Erivo expressed her excitement for the green-skinned role in “A” before the premiere Rolling Stone Interview with Renee Rapp in which she remembers seeing this Evil Film for the first time at the beginning of the year.

“I’ve been talking to Jon Chu, our director, and he’s just finishing the last shot of the film and putting everything together,” Erivo said Rolling Stones Musicians in the musician segment. “I’m just really excited. We worked through the soundtrack – me and [Ariana Grande] have worked hard. We’re just excited for it all to come together and for people to see it. I’m very excited.”