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Cynthia Erivo And Ariana Grande Recall Being “Devastated” Upon Wrapping ‘Wicked’: “I Still Have All Of My Wigs”

'Wicked' stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande had a difficult time flying away from their characters Elphaba and Glinda.

“I was devastated,” Erivo said when asked what it felt like to finish the Jon M. Chu-helmed production, which filmed its first and second installments back-to-back, interrupted by both stars’ separate COVID diagnoses and the actors’ strike. Speaking to Deadline ahead of the film’s Los Angeles premiere last night, Erivo and Grande touched on their close bond: “For some reason, we just connected immediately. Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James, Keala Settle and Peter Dinklage round out the cast.

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