Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo Burst Into Happy Tears After Learning They're Cast in “Wicked” – See the Video

See the moment the pop star and the English actress learned they'd be in the Broadway adaptation

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are living out their dreams!

On Monday, May 13, Universal Pictures released a behind-the-scenes look into the "Passion Project” that is Wicked.

In the YouTube video, which is just over two minutes long, Grande, 30, and Erivo, 37, learn that they have been cast as the leads, Glinda and Elphaba, respectively. The footage was filmed during the pandemic in November 2021, and the film’s director Jon M. Chu delivered the news via webcam.

“Cynthia is so raw and vulnerable, and I couldn’t get her out of my head,” Chu said of his decision to cast the English actress.

After a brief montage of filming on the set, the video cut to a split screen of Chu and Erivo talking via webcam.

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“The world needs to see more of you,” the director said as Erivo smiled. “And we would love for you to be our Elphaba.”

She immediately became overcome with emotions and buried her face into her arms.

“It’s been a really long journey, and I’m grateful for it,” Erivo said in a separate confessional.

Next, fans saw how Grande learned of the good news.

“We want you to be our Glinda the Good,” Chu told the “yes, and?” artist.

The tearful pop star also covered her face to cry, then added, “Oh my God, thank you!”

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“I love her so much. I’m gonna take such good care of her. Thank you so much!” Grande said of her character.

On Saturday, May 11, Chu and Michelle Yeoh — who portrays Madame Morrible in the film — attended the 2024 Gold Gala at the Music Center in Los Angeles to celebrate Asian/Pacific Islander excellence.

Chu and Yeoh, 61, showed the behind-the-scenes clip to attendees before presenting Erivo with the Golden Ally award.

"Can we please work together more?” Erivo said during her acceptance speech, calling for more collaboration between Black and Asian talent and creatives.

“Because I love the work that we put into the world, but we almost always do it separately, and quite frankly, we’re so much more flavorful when we do it together. So more for us, more for every single one of you in this room, and I hope that I get to see many of your names in lights, and I get to do it with you,” she continued.

Universal's clip also included Erivo and Grande recalling the first time they saw Wicked.

For Erivo, it was her 25th birthday and the show made her feel “really alive.”

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Grande shared that she “had the incredible privilege of seeing the original Broadway cast” when she was just 10 years old.

The Tony-winning Broadway musical is based on the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire.

Wicked is set to arrive in two parts, with part one theatrical release on Nov. 27.

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