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Chu says Ariana Grande auditioning for Elphaba in <em>Wicked</em> was a miscommunication </h1> <p class="article-subheading text-body-100">"She was being nice to me and I was being nice to her," Chu says of having Grande sing multiple Elphaba songs in her "Wicked" audition.</p> <div id="mntl-article-meta-dynamic_1-0" class="comp mntl-article-meta-dynamic mntl-article-meta mntl-block" data-tracking-container="true"><div id="ew-bylines_1-0" class="comp ew-bylines mntl-bylines text-utility-200"><div id="mntl-bylines__group_1-0" class="comp mntl-bylines__group mntl-block mntl-bylines__group--author"><div id="mntl-bylines__item_1-0" class="comp mntl-bylines__item mntl-attribution__item mntl-attribution__item--has-date"> <span class="mntl-attribution__item-descriptor">By</span> <div data-tooltip="<p>Maureen Lee Lenker is a senior writer at <em>Entertainment Weekly</em> with over seven years of experience in the entertainment industry. An award-winning journalist, she's written for Turner Classic Movies, <em>Ms. Magazine</em>, <em>The Hollywood Reporter</em>, and more. She's worked at EW for six years covering film, TV, theater, music, and books. The author of EW's quarterly romance review column, "Hot Stuff," Maureen holds Master's degrees from both the University of Southern California and the University of Oxford. Her debut novel, <em>It Happened One Fight</em>, is now available. 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Chu says Ariana Grande auditioning for Elphaba in Wicked was a miscommunication " data-description="Ariana Grande originally auditioned for both Elphaba and Glinda in the 'Wicked' movies, but director Jon M. 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Chu</a> discovered when he realized that neither he nor <a href="https://ew.com/person/ariana-grande/?srsltid=AfmBOopiL2fyeVAAf6EYghCDkvJfQHM-3e3n3CWtFe7vucfNM26nwxmw" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="2">Ariana Grande</a> were interested in her playing Elphaba in the <em><a href="https://ew.com/wicked/?srsltid=AfmBOorii2HATf7R6U15aROjT3Scp-JQdMYekZ4Lg3jZA2uUi713ygDh" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="3">Wicked</a> </em>films, despite having her prepare and sing multiple Elphaba songs for her initial auditions. </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_4-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_5-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> When asked if he ever considered Grande for the role of the future wicked witch, he replies frankly, "The reality is no." </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_6-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_7-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> "We were getting mixed messages," he tells <em>Entertainment Weekly. </em>"I was like, 'Of course she's coming in for Galinda.' And then my casting director was like, 'No, I think she thinks she's coming in for Elphaba.' I'm like, 'That was not the plan.' And they're like, 'Well, she prepped it.'" </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_8-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <div id="mntl-sc-block_9-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block ew-sc-block-featuredlink mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link--related"><a href="https://ew.com/wicked-cynthia-erivo-wouldnt-go-to-the-bathroom-in-costume-harness-exclusive-8745871" rel="nocaes" id="mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link__link_1-0" class="mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link__link mntl-text-link text-utility-300 global-link" data-tracking-container="true" data-tracking-id="featured-link" ><span class="link__wrapper"><em>Wicked</em> star Cynthia Erivo says she wouldn't use the bathroom once she had put on her costume (exclusive)</span></a> </div> <div id="mntl-sc-block_10-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <figure id="mntl-sc-block_11-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block ew-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-universal-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme mntl-sc-block-image figure-landscape figure-high-res"> <div class="figure-media"> <div class="img-placeholder" style="padding-bottom:66.6%;"> <img data-src="https://ew.com/thmb/yh4m9RY4kDUOIeg-8VuuWzowWTk=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ariana-grande-wicked-15th-anniversary-special-111524-9764beff55a448539ba63f4590833244.jpg" width="2000" height="1333" data-srcset="https://ew.com/thmb/yh4m9RY4kDUOIeg-8VuuWzowWTk=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ariana-grande-wicked-15th-anniversary-special-111524-9764beff55a448539ba63f4590833244.jpg 1500w" data-sizes="1500px" alt="Ariana Grande performing on A VERY WICKED HALLOWEEN: CELEBRATING 15 YEARS ON BROADWA" class="lazyload universal-image__image" data-expand="300" id=mntl-sc-block-image_1-0 data-tracking-container="true" data-img-lightbox="true" data-click-tracked="true" /> <noscript> <img src="https://ew.com/thmb/yh4m9RY4kDUOIeg-8VuuWzowWTk=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ariana-grande-wicked-15th-anniversary-special-111524-9764beff55a448539ba63f4590833244.jpg" width="2000" height="1333" class="img--noscript universal-image__image" srcset="https://ew.com/thmb/yh4m9RY4kDUOIeg-8VuuWzowWTk=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ariana-grande-wicked-15th-anniversary-special-111524-9764beff55a448539ba63f4590833244.jpg 1500w" sizes="1500px" alt="Ariana Grande performing on A VERY WICKED HALLOWEEN: CELEBRATING 15 YEARS ON BROADWA" /> </noscript> </div> </div> <figcaption id="mntl-figure-caption_1-0" class="comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 text-utility-100 figure-article-caption"> <span class="figure-article-caption-text">Ariana Grande on 'A Very Wicked Halloween' special.</span> <span class="figure-article-caption-owner"><p>Virginia Sherwood/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty</p></span> </figcaption></figure> <p id="mntl-sc-block_12-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> Despite her bond with original Broadway Glinda, <a href="https://ew.com/person/kristin-chenoweth/?srsltid=AfmBOooOgKIHIS0ATRQ0uC2runwL5QUkySpag8MONEcyMo3paTjoXYcm" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="1">Kristin Chenoweth</a>, and having spoken of Glinda as a dream role, casting directors assumed Grande wanted to be considered for Elphaba because she had previously sung Elphaba's "The Wizard and I" on NBC's 15th-anniversary television special celebrating the stage musical. </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_13-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_14-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> "The funny thing is that before this, publicly, we had only ever sung the opposite songs," Grande tells EW of her and costar <a href="https://ew.com/person/cynthia-erivo/?srsltid=AfmBOorFBBHhj_LMNRlqjcJbkFQ8SjCUbaosAOUNNQqzW9F83J2dBGKM" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="1">Cynthia Erivo's</a> history with the <em>Wicked </em>score. "I had only ever sung 'The Wizard and I,' and she had only ever sung 'Thank Goodness' publicly." </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_15-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <div id="mntl-sc-block_16-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block ew-sc-block-featuredlink mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link--related"><a href="https://ew.com/ariana-grande-corrects-official-wicked-instagram-on-popular-lyrics-8745083" rel="nocaes" id="mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link__link_2-0" class="mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link__link mntl-text-link text-utility-300 global-link" data-tracking-container="true" data-tracking-id="featured-link" ><span class="link__wrapper">Ariana Grande corrects official <em>Wicked</em> social account on 'Popular' lyrics</span></a> </div> <div id="mntl-sc-block_17-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <figure id="mntl-sc-block_18-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block ew-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-universal-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme mntl-sc-block-image figure-landscape figure-high-res"> <div class="figure-media"> <div class="img-placeholder" style="padding-bottom:66.7%;"> <img data-src="https://ew.com/thmb/kHwU026f0yQLIXfMGLd2MhGypGQ=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ariana-grande-wicked-110424-1-c8efc8b9754845b994ea5e985d8aa022.jpg" width="2000" height="1334" data-srcset="https://ew.com/thmb/kHwU026f0yQLIXfMGLd2MhGypGQ=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ariana-grande-wicked-110424-1-c8efc8b9754845b994ea5e985d8aa022.jpg 1500w" data-sizes="1500px" alt="Ariana Grande is Glinda in WICKED, directed by Jon M. Chu" class="lazyload universal-image__image" data-expand="300" id=mntl-sc-block-image_2-0 data-tracking-container="true" data-img-lightbox="true" data-click-tracked="true" /> <noscript> <img src="https://ew.com/thmb/kHwU026f0yQLIXfMGLd2MhGypGQ=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ariana-grande-wicked-110424-1-c8efc8b9754845b994ea5e985d8aa022.jpg" width="2000" height="1334" class="img--noscript universal-image__image" srcset="https://ew.com/thmb/kHwU026f0yQLIXfMGLd2MhGypGQ=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ariana-grande-wicked-110424-1-c8efc8b9754845b994ea5e985d8aa022.jpg 1500w" sizes="1500px" alt="Ariana Grande is Glinda in WICKED, directed by Jon M. Chu" /> </noscript> </div> </div> <figcaption id="mntl-figure-caption_2-0" class="comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 text-utility-100 figure-article-caption"> <span class="figure-article-caption-text">Ariana Grande as Glinda.</span> <span class="figure-article-caption-owner"><p>Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures</p></span> </figcaption></figure> <p id="mntl-sc-block_19-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> Grande recently spoke about her first audition on the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/63-its-wicked-it-has-to-be-earned-with-ariana-grande/id1536567808?i=1000675329516" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="externalLink" data-ordinal="1" rel="nofollow"><em>Sentimental Men </em>podcast</a>, revealing that she auditioned for both roles. "I had an inkling in my heart always that it was going to be Glinda, but I was hearing really mixed things from people who were like, 'Oh, they maybe want you to read for both,'" she said. "And I was like, I guess that's because they don't know what my voice is, and maybe they think vocally I might be better-suited for Elphaba. I secretly knew that I was only meant for Glinda." </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_20-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_21-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> Her first audition was on Aug. 13, 2021, and she was asked to sing for both roles, preparing "No One Mourns, the Wicked," "Popular," and "Defying Gravity." </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_22-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <div id="mntl-sc-block_23-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block ew-sc-block-featuredlink mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link--related"><a href="https://ew.com/cynthia-erivo-glad-ariana-grande-got-wicked-role-not-2-ladies-she-auditioned-with-8742853" rel="nocaes" id="mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link__link_3-0" class="mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link__link mntl-text-link text-utility-300 global-link" data-tracking-container="true" data-tracking-id="featured-link" ><span class="link__wrapper">Cynthia Erivo was glad Ariana Grande got <em>Wicked</em> role: 'It was not the two ladies that I was auditioning with'</span></a> </div> <div id="mntl-sc-block_24-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <figure id="mntl-sc-block_25-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block ew-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-universal-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme mntl-sc-block-image figure-landscape figure-high-res"> <div class="figure-media"> <div class="img-placeholder" style="padding-bottom:66.6%;"> <img data-src="https://ew.com/thmb/pPX9cz6J_3QjyvjRDykyQWgw5ic=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ariana-grande-jon-chu-111524-55b51581a7da4a96b8e42b8193b64823.jpg" width="2000" height="1333" data-srcset="https://ew.com/thmb/pPX9cz6J_3QjyvjRDykyQWgw5ic=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ariana-grande-jon-chu-111524-55b51581a7da4a96b8e42b8193b64823.jpg 1500w" data-sizes="1500px" alt="Ariana Grande and Jon M. Chu attend the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures 4th Annual Gala in Partnership with Rolex at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 19, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. " class="lazyload universal-image__image" data-expand="300" id=mntl-sc-block-image_3-0 data-tracking-container="true" data-img-lightbox="true" data-click-tracked="true" /> <noscript> <img src="https://ew.com/thmb/pPX9cz6J_3QjyvjRDykyQWgw5ic=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ariana-grande-jon-chu-111524-55b51581a7da4a96b8e42b8193b64823.jpg" width="2000" height="1333" class="img--noscript universal-image__image" srcset="https://ew.com/thmb/pPX9cz6J_3QjyvjRDykyQWgw5ic=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ariana-grande-jon-chu-111524-55b51581a7da4a96b8e42b8193b64823.jpg 1500w" sizes="1500px" alt="Ariana Grande and Jon M. Chu attend the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures 4th Annual Gala in Partnership with Rolex at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 19, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. " /> </noscript> </div> </div> <figcaption id="mntl-figure-caption_3-0" class="comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 text-utility-100 figure-article-caption"> <span class="figure-article-caption-text">Ariana Grande and Jon M. Chu.</span> <span class="figure-article-caption-owner"><p>Emma McIntyre/Getty</p></span> </figcaption></figure> <p id="mntl-sc-block_26-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> Chu let Grande sing all the songs she had prepared, but they found out later that neither of them seriously wanted her to be in the running for Elphaba. "She was being nice to me, and I was being nice to her," Chu says. "We just let her do it. But in my mind I was like, 'Why is she singing Elphaba right now?' Maybe because she's sung those in the past, but to me, she was always a Glinda. We didn't know each other well enough to be like, 'Alright, let's clear up the telephone game here. We are here for Glinda. Right?'" </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_27-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <div id="mntl-sc-block_28-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block ew-sc-block-featuredlink mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link--related"><a href="https://ew.com/ariana-grande-teary-reveal-what-kristin-chenoweth-said-before-wicked-exclusive-8738058" rel="nocaes" id="mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link__link_4-0" class="mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link__link mntl-text-link text-utility-300 global-link" data-tracking-container="true" data-tracking-id="featured-link" ><span class="link__wrapper"><em>Wicked</em>'s Ariana Grande tears up revealing what Kristin Chenoweth told her before Glinda audition (exclusive)</span></a> </div> <div id="mntl-sc-block_29-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_30-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> <strong><em>Want more movie news? 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Thank goodness! </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_33-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_34-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> <em>Wicked</em>, which also famously starred <a href="https://ew.com/person/idina-menzel/" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="1">Idina Menzel</a>, premiered on Broadway in 2003. Based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel of the same name and with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, the <em>Wizard of Oz</em> prequel musical traces the two witches' paths from students at Shiz University to Elphaba becoming the Wicked Witch of the West. The show went on to win three of its 10 Tony Award nominations in 2004. </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_35-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_36-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> Grande has already been <a href="https://ew.com/wicked-reaction-masterpiece-ariana-grande-cynthia-erivo-8736922" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="1">earning rave reviews</a> and Oscar buzz for her work in the film. The story has been split into two parts, with the first film set to hit theaters on Nov. 22.<br> </p></div></div> </div><div class="loc article-right-rail"><div id="mm-ads-right-rail_1-0" class="comp mm-ads-right-rail mntl-block"><div id="sc-billboard-group_1-0" class="comp sc-billboard-group mntl-block js-scads-inline-content"><div id="mntl-block_2-0" class="comp mntl-block"><div id="mm-ads-squareFlex1-sticky_1-0" class="comp mm-ads-squareFlex1-sticky mm-ads-sc-sticky-square scads-to-load right-rail__item" data-height="1090" style="height: 1090px;"><div id="mm-ads-sc-sticky-square-ad_1-0" class="comp mm-ads-sc-sticky-square-ad mm-ads-square mm-ads-gpt-adunit gpt square "> <div id="square-flex-1" class="wrapper" ></div> </div></div></div> <div id="mntl-block_3-0" class="comp mntl-block"><div id="mm-ads-squareFlex2-sticky-dynamic_1-0" class="comp mm-ads-squareFlex2-sticky-dynamic mm-ads-sc-sticky-square scads-to-load right-rail__item" data-height="600" style="height: 600px;"><div 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