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First-Time Golden Globe Nominee Ariana Grande On ‘Wicked’ Comedic Timing, Stephen Schwartz’s New Ending For “Popular” & “Giving It All I Got”
Ariana Grande reacts to her first Golden Globe nomination for 'Wicked' and talks about her prep for the role.
When it came to playing Glinda in the big screen version of the Broadway musical, Wicked, it was a no-brainer that Ariana Grande would hit all the right notes with her four-octave vocal range. But where the frequent Saturday Night Live and Sam & Kat thespian rallied for many was in her sheer, subtle and sublime comedic timing as Glinda the pink witch in the Jon M. Chu directed movie. Grande recently shot down Stephen Schwartz’s suggestion to “hip-hop it up a little bit” on Glinda’s signature ditty “Popular” but she was open to his idea for a high note button.
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