Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo Interview on Wicked: For Good

Of course, Ariana, 32, and Cynthia, 38, weren’t the only ones who made heads turn at the Wicked: For Good premiere. Jonathan Bailey (who plays Prince Fiyero), Ethan Slater (Boq), Jeff Goldblum (The Wizard) and Bowen Yang (Pfannee) all made jaws drop in their magical looks for the occasion as well. 

For Ariana, developing a friendship with the entire cast has been one of the most fulfilling experiences of her career. In fact, the “Positions” singer said she and Cynthia intentionally went into filming the franchise with the goal of spending quality time together off camera. 

“It’s something that was important to us from the very beginning—to build something real and to know that we could have a safe space in each other for this journey because it was going to be tremendous,” Ariana told NPR in a February interview. “We knew it was going to be years and years of some of the hardest work of our lives, and it’s something that we started building from the day we were cast.”

And Cynthia has echoed that sentiment, describing the R.E.M. Beauty founder as a “sister.”

“We were lucky because we got to meet each other on this project, but when the project goes away, we’re still good friends,” she previously told E! News. “It’s not this that’s keeping us together.”

And while Cynthia is sad to be reaching the end of the yellow brick road with her castmates in Wicked: For Good, she ‘s excited to be delivering fans a follow-up film that goes above and beyond expectations. 

“I’m quite excited for people to see how far these characters have come and what the progress has been between the time you left them and where they are now,” the Tony winner told Vanity Fair in an interview published Oct. 30. “It’s a big journey.”

For more times Cynthia and Ariana stunned while promoting Wicked, keep reading. 

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