In our opinion, it doesn’t matter what the movie or television show is – everyone has an opinion about casting. We happen to think that is part of the greatness of entertainment – that people can imagine the characters they love differently and it creates conversation. Wicked has been a property that people have had a lot of opinions on the casting.
Specifically, Ariana Grande’s casting in Wicked has been one of those “controversial” castings that everyone has an opinion on. While a lot of celebrities would take discord over their casting in a negative way, Grande gets it. She knows that people think of her as a “pop star” but she is ready to rise to the challenge.
“This is something I loved so much about auditioning for Wicked,” explained Grande on the Sentimental Men podcast. “It has to be earned. Anything on this scale, being a part of anything, it’s not just given because they know for one thing. So, it’s fun to kind of have the challenge of reframing people’s perception and doing the work to earn your way back into the other spaces.”
The actress has been acting and doing musical theater since she was a child. She understands that people wondered if she could “deliver” on the role. She continued by saying, ““I felt a little bit of the initial nervousness or the sort of preconceived notions about what I might be able to deliver or not deliver, or why I would be wrong or whatever.”
See the entire interview below –
The first installment of the Wicked movie premieres November 22, 2024, with the second following on November 21, 2025.
We can’t wait. Can you?
