The announcement additionally resurfaced a decade-old tweet from Ariana that is aged very effectively, certainly!
It is closing in on twenty years since “Depraved” hit the Broadway stage and it would lastly be coming to movie after 16 years in growth hell. Becoming a member of Common’s musical adaptation within the lead roles are Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.
There is no doubt that each have the musical pedigree to tackle the function, with Grande largely thought of one of many biggest voices of her era, and Erivo scoring an Emmy nomination for portraying the Queen of Soul in “Genius: Aretha.”
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Erivo additionally nabbed a Tony and Grammy award for her work in “The Shade Purple” and two Oscar noms for “Harriet,” whereas Grande has been singing and appearing for nearly so long as she’s been alive, together with on Broadway as a younger teen.
Ariana has additionally clearly been a fan of “Depraved” for a very long time, and should effectively have manifested at present’s massive information — ten years in the past. Within the wake of the information, a 2011 tweet from “The Voice” coach started to recirculate the place she wrote she actually needed to play Glinda “sooner or later in my life!”
Cherished seeing Depraved once more… superb manufacturing! Made me notice once more how badly I need 2 play Glinda sooner or later in my life! #DreamRole
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) December 2, 2011
@ArianaGrande
Some tweets age rather well!
However Grande and Erivo’s ages are one level of concern for followers — particularly within the wake of the “Lease” movie casting its OG stars for the movie adaptation and the newer controversy of getting the now 28-year-old Ben Platt reprise his function for “Pricey Evan Hansen.”
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Ariana Grande is at the moment 28 years previous as effectively, whereas Cynthia Erivo is 34. Each look nice for his or her age, and youthful as well, however are they youthful sufficient to convincingly pull off the teenage variations of Galinda the longer term Glinda the Good Witch (Grande) and Elphaba, the longer term Depraved Witch of the West?
That is the query and concern for a lot of on-line, who had been in any other case thrilled that the long-gestating venture is lastly coming to fruition. Certain, the mid-aughts was the time when “Depraved” fever was taking on the nation, however it has proven spectacular endurance, and followers nonetheless bear in mind Kristen Chenoweth and Idina Menzel for these roles.
Menzel shared her congratulations to the latest girls to enter Oz, tweeting, “Congrats to 2 superb ladies. Could it change your lives for the higher eternally and ever because it has for us. A lot love.”
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It is also value nothing that each Chenoweth and Menzel had been of their 30s when portraying teenagers on Broadway, however the stage is a much more forgiving place for actors and actresses to play youthful. And whereas it has been widespread on display as effectively through the years, there’s been extra of an effort for authenticity lately.
As for Grande and Erivo, there was nothing however tears of pleasure from each camps as they shared the moments they discovered they’d been solid within the iconic roles, in addition to the flowers they despatched one another, and director John M. Chu shared his pleasure on Twitter.
The movie is predicted to enter manufacturing over the summer season within the UK, per The Hollywood Reporter — so, time for the solid to get even older! You possibly can take a look at a few of the considerations from Twitter under, in addition to the keenness:
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Goooood Newwwws!!! The unbelievable #CynthiaErivo and @ArianaGrande shall be our Elphaba and Galinda in @WickedMovie @UniversalPics Prepare for a match up such as you’ve by no means seen!!! In pink and inexperienced!!! pic.twitter.com/t1eH82mCe7
— Jon M. Chu (@jonmchu) November 5, 2021
@jonmchu
“so it’s okay when depraved casts grown ladies as teenagers?” pic.twitter.com/kY0Kbf793u
— alex (@alex_abads) November 5, 2021
@alex_abads
I’m purported to imagine that Cynthia Erviro and Ariana Grande are the identical age within the Depraved movie??? pic.twitter.com/8lh7NxExFF
— hello (@lovebestrong) November 5, 2021
@lovebestrong
On condition that Depraved and Pricey Evan Hansen had been each produced by Marc Platt, the problems round casting age applicable actors is definitely one of the constant factor he is achieved.
— Thomas M. Willett (@Optigrab) November 5, 2021
@Optigrab
I am sorry however what’s that Depraved casting? Not that they’re unhealthy actresses/singers, it simply is mindless to me for Glinda and Elphaba. Initially they’re faculty college students for many of the story could not we’ve had actresses nearer to that age? I simply what?? pic.twitter.com/ahoCVPtwpu
— lovealwayswins (@ChooseLove86) November 5, 2021
@ChooseLove86
Sorry for being so emotionally linked to depraved however as a lot as i fucking adore cynthia and black elphaba, shes too previous to play reverse ariana ? they need to’ve gone youthful for each roles and they need to’ve fucking used bway actors ? i’m holding a sword at The Business
— squid, from the web (@squidias) November 5, 2021
@squidias
ARIANA AND CYNTHIA ERIVO ARE GONNA BE IN THE WICKED MOVIE OMGSJSSJAKA pic.twitter.com/hNWMrBgULS
— ???? ?????? ? (@laurmanisnasty) November 5, 2021
@laurmanisnasty
CYNTHIA ERIVO AND ARIANA GRANDE IN WICKED?!?! pic.twitter.com/KTm8DwR9nl
— Jessica Leal (@jlealsays) November 5, 2021
@jlealsays
ARIANA GRANDE N CYNTHIA ERIVO IN WICKED??????? NAH ITS OVER FOR THE GIRLS IFBJFNDKENDB pic.twitter.com/npXcIMKLn2
— CYNTHIA “AMALA” ZOLANSKI (@cynthiazolanski) November 5, 2021
@cynthiazolanski
Now I’m abruptly realizing we’re going to get a studio model of Ariana and Cynthia singing Defying Gravity collectively #wicked #ArianaGrande pic.twitter.com/d7y3EKsBWc
— Keenan³⁰ ? (@keenanxmurray) November 5, 2021
@keenanxmurray
ARIANA GRANDE PLAYING GLINDA IN THE WICKED MOVIE ??? AND CYNTHIA ERIVO AS ELPHABA… a serve is coming pic.twitter.com/1DtDpzVnKI
— ☁️ (@chrischxn) November 5, 2021
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