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Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo Explain Why They Chose to Sing Live successful ‘Wicked’ (Exclusive)
Ariana Grande's latest look is going to beryllium popular.
After all, the Wicked star, who portrays Glinda successful the film, attended the Los Angeles premiere astatine Dorothy Chandler Pavilion successful a pinkish and achromatic Thom Browne dress, implicit with matching gloves, a bow and sparkling crystal heels.
"I was inspired by the Wizard of Oz," Grande told E! News' Justin Sylvester and Zuri Hall during a associated interrogation with Cynthia Erivo connected Nov. 9. "And I wanted to motion to Shiz and Glinda astatine Shiz with the pink."
Grande besides shared that she wanted to deterioration a gingham signifier arsenic a motion to Dorothy, portion her crystal shoes are a motion to Shiz.
Meanwhile, Erivo, who portrays Elphaba, was glowing successful a greenish Louis Vuitton look.
"I wanted to bring retired the green," Erivo said. "I hadn't done it yet, truthful I figured this would beryllium the champion spot for it."
And portion the “yes and?” singer’s latest manner infinitesimal has proven to beryllium much aureate than the bricks that enactment Oz, she has pulled retired each the stops erstwhile it comes to honoring her character. At the Jon M. Chu film’s Australia premiere, the 31-year-old mimicked a Glinda costume from the Wizard of Oz.
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Grande sported a pinkish tulle Vivienne Westwood gown for the State Theatre premiere, with a silhouette that was astir indistinguishable from Billie Burke’s signature look successful the 1939 film.
Of course, the Victorious alum’s enthusiasm erstwhile it comes to promoting the upcoming movie volition travel arsenic nary astonishment to her fans. In fact, Grande—who started her vocation connected Broadway successful 2008—has spoken openly astir Glinda being her “dream” relation for respective years.
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“I cognize the worldly similar the backmost of my hand,” she explained connected Good Morning America soon aft her formed successful the movie was announced successful 2022, adding of her prep for the part, “every portion of me, each minute, each ounce of my heart, my time, my everything that I tin springiness it—I americium spending each my clip with Glinda.”
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And connected apical of aesthetically dedicating herself to the part, Grande has shared that she took the work of the bully witch quality precise seriously—recently emphasizing that she didn’t privation to chopped immoderate corners.
“Some members of my squad astatine the clip were like, ‘You shouldn’t adjacent person to audition,’” Grande recalled successful an interrogation with the New York Times published Nov. 5. “And I was like, ‘You don’t understand, of people I person to. This is thing that has to beryllium earned.’ I person truthful overmuch to prove, and I threw myself astatine it successful each mode that I could.”
Grande wasn’t the lone 1 who was Wickedly chic connected the film’s reddish carpet. Keep looking for each prima who turned retired for the event.
(E! News, Universal Pictures and Fandango are each portion of the NBCUniversal family)
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Cynthia Erivo
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Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
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Frankie Grande
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Ashley Tisdale
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Valentin Chmerkovskiy & Jenna Johnson
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