Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo revealed that they both contracted Covid ahead of very important scenes for Wicked.
The 31-year-old eternal sunshine singer and the 37-year-old actress bring Glinda and Elphaba to life in the musical movies, the first of which arrives later this month.
In a new interview, the pair recalled getting sick, revealing that they each got Covid once on set. Somehow, it hit them both before some very important moments.
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Speaking to The New York Times, the costars said that Ariana got sick before filming her musical number “Popular.” Cynthia had her turn with Covid when it was time to film “Defying Gravity.”
These are arguably the two biggest numbers in the first half of the musical that the movie is based on.
“We only got sick once each, but both were before some of the most important works of the whole movie,” Ariana recalled. She even poked fun at the experience once she was able to return to set.
“I came to set with a mask on my final days of recovery… no one liked this joke but I loved it so I’ll tell it: We were in the dorm room together and I sang in her ear, ‘Positive, you’re going to be positive!’ But I wasn’t positive anymore, don’t worry! I took the test,” she said.
Cynthia took the experience as a sign.
“It was literally like, ‘Sit down, Cynthia, not yet,’” she said.
Wicked: Part One premieres in theaters on November 22, 2024. Part Two follows in 2025. Check out the latest trailer!
