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Breaking Baz: Meet ‘Wicked’s’ Wonderful Wizard Of Sound Who Captured The Voices Of Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande For Movie Musical
Simon Hayes The Wonderful Wizard of Sound On Wicked
EXCLUSIVE: Wicked production sound mixer Simon Hayes says Cynthia Erivo, who plays Elphaba opposite Ariana Grande ’s Glinda in the musical extravaganza, has the prowess of an Olympian, which enabled his team to achieve vastly more than they’d expected. When Hayes and his unit were setting up microphones for the dynamic tour de force number “Defying Gravity” that sees Erivo soar away on a broomstick, they figured that the star would have to stop to catch her breath while doing somersaults for Universal ’s hit picture. Because you have to remember what a huge deal that movie was, with Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne, Helena Bonham Carter, Amanda Seyfried, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks and all the rest filming that epic production.
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