Ariana Grande offered fans a raw behind-the-scenes glimpse from her final day filming as Glinda in her iconic magic bubble.
“Wicked: Part One,” the film adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical, features Grande as Glinda the Good Witch alongside Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, the long run Wicked Witch of the West. In a nod to the 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz,” Grande’s Glinda makes a grand entrance into Munchkinland inside a floating bubble, kicking off the movie in dazzling fashion.
Ariana Grande also got emotional on “The Drew Barrymore Show” on December 5 when she was presented with a special piece of cinematic history: the unique magic wand utilized by Billie Burke as Glinda in “The Wizard of Oz.”
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Ariana Grande Shares BTS From Final Day Of Filming ‘Wicked’
In a behind-the-scenes video shared on Instagram by Ariana Grande and director Jon M. Chu, the actress is seen tearfully reacting to her final day filming as Glinda inside her magic bubble. Wearing her elaborate pink gown inside the bubble prop, Grande responds to Chu’s query about how she’s feeling with, “Horrible. Terrible.”
“I’m not getting up,” says the “very emotional” Grande within the clip. “I would like to call my therapist, I actually do. That is a multitude.”
When asked by Chu for her first impression of the bubble prop, Grande humorously replies, “I believed it was beautiful but I also thought it was a karaoke booth.” The video concludes with a montage of moments from her final day filming on the colourful Munchkinland set.
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Ariana Grande Gets Emotional In BTS Video
Grande captioned the video, “attempting to say goodbye to my bubble after we finished filming my final scene in it (just within the bubble, not final scene within the movies!) which actually happens to be certainly one of the primary that you simply see.”
“The attachment I felt to my wand and my bubble was comically overwhelming. (please be at liberty to laugh)!” she continued. “Many, many long, beautiful days were spent here, within the sunshine, within the freezing rain and wind. We sang, we laughed, we shared tearful, complicated moments and silly ones alike. These props and physical pieces of her puzzle hold a lot!!!!!!!”
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Ariana Grande Calls Her Bubble A ‘Protective Shell’
The actress then called her bubble “a house away from home” and “a protective shell.” “[It was] a quiet, secure place for all of her little secrets and truths.”
“Her wand filled a void in her heart, it gave her a way of purpose, strength and magic, even when that magic was somewhat in her head,” Grande explained. “I miss these physical pieces of her often. Sorry this caption appears like a literal eulogy.”
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Ariana Grande Says ‘Everyone’ On Set Of Wicked ‘Cried Every Day’
“Me, everyone, all of us cried each day,” Grande shared on the Broadway Podcast “Network’s Sentimental Men” podcast. Giving a special shoutout to Wicked director Jon M. Chu and her co-stars Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Bailey, the “We Cannot Be Friends” singer reflected, “Everyone cried. It was really beautiful.” With a touch of humor, she added, “In order that was terrible.”
Later within the podcast, the actress revealed, “I really like Judy Garland, and I’ve all the time been an enormous ‘Wizard of Oz’ person,” adding that she remembers being stunned by “the untold story of the witches of Oz” at age 10.
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During her Broadway visit, Grande not only saw the show but additionally had the possibility to satisfy Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, the unique Elphaba and Glinda, during a backstage tour. “Idina gave me a bit of green bracelet” and Chenoweth “gave me a bit of wand, which feels so full circle and insane. And a body wash that had glitter in it, and he or she said it was magical. And now I actually imagine that it was!”
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo Immediately Clicked With One One other
Before being forged, Grande didn’t do a chemistry read with Cynthia Erivo, whom she described as “the perfect, most formidable actress and singer that there’s.”
She added that the 2 made a pact once they met to “know one another in that way, where I can just have a look at her and I do know what she’s considering… because without that, nothing else works.”
