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Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo Earned the Same Salary for ‘Wicked’
'Wicked' stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo earned the same salary, per Universal Pictures, refuting rumors that Grande earned millions more.
“Reports of pay disparity between Cynthia and Ariana are completely false and based on internet fodder,” a Universal spokesperson said in a statement to Variety Tuesday. The film, which hit theaters Friday, draws inspiration from Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel Wicked, which serves as a revisionist prequel to The Wizard of Oz. The Jon M. Chu film adapts Part One of the hit musical and begins with Erivo’s green-skinned Elphaba as an ostracized, Shiz University student who bunks with Grande’s Glinda.
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