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Amanda Seyfried Says She Lost Wicked Role to Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande officially has a caller pov—from the Land of Oz, that is.
The 29-year-old—who confirmed past November that she would beryllium stepping into the shoes of Glinda the Good Witch for a movie adaptation of the musical Wicked—was photographed connected acceptable successful London. For the filming sprout connected Sept. 28, Ariana and hubby Dalton Gomez were seen matching perfectly, with some wearing pinkish look masks and acheronian brownish attire.
The glimpse astatine the "7 Rings" vocalist during filming serves arsenic the archetypal since she confirmed her relation successful the highly anticipated movie successful 2021. While Ariana volition represent Glinda, histrion Cynthia Erivo volition instrumentality connected the role of Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West). Ariana announced the breathtaking quality erstwhile she shared a photograph of her Zoom telephone with her co-star and manager to Instagram connected Nov. 4, writing, "Thank goodness."
The Voice alum besides posted a photograph of the flowers Cynthia sent her, which included a enactment that read, "'Pink goes bully with green. Congratulations Miss A, the portion was made for you, I look guardant to sharing this philharmonic travel with you.'"
Ahead of her travel to movie crossed the pond, Ariana opened up astir her audition process earlier this year.
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"I started proceeding murmurs astir a Wicked audition coming soon, truthful I went into afloat mentation mode, portion I was besides shooting The Voice," she said successful a makeup tutorial shared successful May. "So, I was shooting and past doing lessons each time due to the fact that I conscionable wanted to beryllium prepared for erstwhile the telephone came. I had nary thought erstwhile it was coming, but I was conscionable like, ‘I privation to beryllium acceptable to spell in.'"
And though she blew her audition retired of the water, that doesn't mean she's saying "thank u, next" erstwhile it comes to practicing however to nail her part.
"I cognize that I cognize the worldly similar the backmost of my hand, but I inactive person truthful overmuch to learn, and I privation to beryllium successful premier condition, truthful I went beauteous hard getting ready," she continued. "And now, convey God, the astir unthinkable acquisition of my full beingness is this relation that I've adored since I [was] 10 years aged and that is going to person each portion of me."
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