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Cynthia Erivo shaded the actresses who auditioned for the role of Glinda in the βWickedβ movie, expressing her gratitude that Ariana Grande ultimately landed the part.
In a new interview with The New York Times, Erivo, 37, and Grande, 31, spoke about the casting process.
Asked how they reacted after learning the other one had been cast, Erivo responded, βAbsolutely no surprise whatsoever.β
βI said, βThank God,’β Grande recalled.
Erivo then made a dig at the other women who were being considered to play Glinda in the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical.
βThank goodness, because it was not the two ladies that I was auditioning with,β Erivo said, implying that two other actresses that auditioned to play Ozβs famed Good Witch were not up to snuff.
The remark left Grande gobsmacked. βOh my God!β she said.
βThank Goodnessβ is also the name of a song in βWicked.β
Aside from Grande, actresses Amanda Seyfried,Β Dove Cameron,Β ReneΓ© RappΒ and Taylor Louderman also auditioned for the role of Glinda, according to reports.
Erivo went on to reveal that she didnβt think she would be considered to play Elphaba.
βHistorically, Black women have never really been seen for the role,β she said. βIf they have, they havenβt gotten the role, and if they do, they usually are the alternate or first cover. Thereβs only one woman I know on record that has done it on the West End [in London]. So I just didnβt think they were looking for me.β
Erivo added that, while she didnβt know why so few black women have been considered for the role since the showβs debut in 2004, she suggested, βMaybe itβs a symptom of the time when it was made.β
The Broadway vet has been making headlines while promoting βWicked,β which hits theaters Nov. 22.
After a fan-edited version of the movieβs poster, which obscured Erivoβs eyes, went viral, the star took to her Instagram story to express her outrage.
βThis is the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen, equal to that awful AI of us fighting,β she wrote on Oct. 16.
βNone of this is funny. None of it is cute. It degrades me. It degrades us. The original poster is an ILLUSTRATION. I am a real life human being, who chose to look right down the barrel of the camera to you, the viewer β¦ because, without words we communicate with our eyes.βΒ
The fan-edited movie poster was meant to make the promo art more faithful to the Broadway posterβs design, after many on social media criticized the official poster. But in Erivoβs view, to create an βimitationβ of the original poster that would βhide my eyesβ would consequently βerase me.β
βOur poster is an homage not an imitation,β she wrote on her Instagram story, adding, βto edit my face & hide my eyes is to erase me. That is just deeply hurtful.β
The actress also shared the movieβs official poster in a separate post on her Instagram story, writing, βLet me put this right here, to remind you and to cleanse your palette.β
Later that month, Erivo admitted that she βprobably should have calledβ her friends rather than hopping on social media to vent her feelings.
βIβm passionate about it and I know the fans are passionate about it and I think for me it was just like a human moment of wanting to protect little Elphaba, and it was like a human moment,β she toldΒ Entertainment Tonight at theΒ 2024 CFDA Fashion AwardsΒ on Oct. 28
βI probably should have called my friends, but itβs fine.β