{"id":90724,"date":"2024-02-12T00:18:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T00:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/?p=1449182"},"modified":"2024-02-12T00:18:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T00:18:04","slug":"who-is-ariana-grande-playing-in-wicked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/12\/who-is-ariana-grande-playing-in-wicked\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Ariana Grande playing in \u2018Wicked?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ariana-Grande.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Grammy Award-winning artist <a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/tag\/ariana-grande\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Ariana Grande<\/strong><\/a> may be known as the hottest name in the music industry with number-one songs up and down the Billboard charts, but this pop diva actually has\u00a0roots that connect all the way back to Broadway.\u00a0Before her name became synonymous with \u201cThank You, Next\u201d or \u201cInto You,\u201d and before she tickled Nickelodeon viewers at home as the quirky Cat Valentine in <em>Victorious<\/em> and <em>Sam &amp; Cat<\/em>, Grande was a young musical prodigy making her Broadway debut in 2008 with the musical <em>13<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Broadway musicals have a special place in Grande\u2019s heart, made evident by the singer\u2019s tweet from 2011 in which she wrote, \u201cLoved seeing Wicked again\u2026 amazing production! Made me realize again how badly I want 2 play Glinda at some point in my life! #DreamRole.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ariana Grande said in a 2011 tweet that Glinda from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Wicked?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Wicked<\/a> was her dream role. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f90d.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd0d\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/07oaTRpTK5\">pic.twitter.com\/07oaTRpTK5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Crave (@PopCrave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopCrave\/status\/1456441510380154900?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Fast-forward 10 years and Grande was eventually cast as a main character in the Hollywood adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical \u2013 proving that dreams really do come true. Greenlit by Universal Pictures in 2012, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/tag\/wicked-part-1\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wicked<\/a><\/em> will finally make its big screen debut in 2024 after over a decade in development hell.<\/p>\n<p>Now that we have a light at the end of the tunnel, it\u2019s safe to get our hopes up. Come 2024, Grande will bring <em>the <\/em>most iconic <em>Wicked <\/em>character to life, and while she has arguably one of the best set of pipes in the music industry, does she have what it takes to do the character justice?<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-who-will-ariana-grande-play-in-wicked\">Who will Ariana Grande play in <em>Wicked<\/em>?<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wicked - First Look\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F1dvX9Vs0ns?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;%23038;origin=https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As you can see from the first-look trailer above \u23e4 which dropped during the 2024 Super Bowl \u23e4 Grande will be playing Glinda the Good Witch in <em>Wicked<\/em>. The motion picture was previously marketed as <em>Wicked: Part One<\/em>, but the first-look trailer does not include that exact terminology, making us wonder if <em>Wicked <\/em>will be moving forward as a two-parter. Regardless, this adaptation is highly anticipated in its own right given that <em>Wicked<\/em> is one of the most popular musicals in Broadway history.<\/p>\n<p>News of Grande\u2019s casting was announced on Nov. 4 2021 via the singer\u2019s Instagram account. \u201cThank goodness <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f498.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc98\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> @jonmchu @cynthiaerivo @wickedmovie,\u201d she wrote, tagging both the film\u2019s director Jon M. Chu \u2013 known for both <em>In the Heights <\/em>and <em>Crazy Rich Asians<\/em>, and fellow co-star Cynthia Erivo \u2013 who will play Elphaba in the musical and is known for her Tony Award-winning performance as Celie in <em>The Color Purple<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Glinda is an effervescent, popular (*wink*), and slightly annoying character, but that\u2019s all part of her charm. She\u2019s the best friend and assumed arch nemesis of Elphaba \u2014 aka the Wicked Witch of the West \u2014 but as we know from the musical, there\u2019s much more to this friendship than meets the eye.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>How is Ariana Grande connected to the original Glinda, Kristin Chenoweth?<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kristin Chenoweth Tears Up About Ariana Grande Being Cast in &#039;Wicked&#039; Movie | SiriusXM\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NB-3EJ953uQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;%23038;origin=https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Kristin Chenoweth was the original actress to bring Glinda to life on Broadway. Her bubbly portal and out-of-this-world vocal range earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in 2004. Her co-star Idina Menzel, who played the green-skinned Elphaba, was also nominated for Best Actress and won the same year.<\/p>\n<p>Coincidentally, Chenoweth and Grande have a history that dates all the way back to when Grande was just 10 years old. The pair met backstage in Chenoweth\u2019s dressing room during a showing of <em>Wicked<\/em>. As Chenoweth recalled in an interview with SiriusXM, Grande said, \u201cI wanna be Glinda\u201d when she met Chenoweth. Grande&#8217;s mother, who accompanied her daughter backstage, had Grande sing a quick song for Chenoweth, at which point Chenoweth realized this young girl actually did have some major talent. Now, Chenoweth refers to herself as Grande\u2019s \u201cmusical mama.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, Grande has <em>the <\/em>stamp of approval for bringing the adaptation of Glinda the Good Witch to the big screen. Thankfully, we won\u2019t have to wait much longer for it to come to fruition. 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