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Wicked: For Good's last moments are designed to travel arsenic a astonishment to fans of the archetypal Wicked philharmonic — but they were besides withheld from Universal Pictures bosses.
Warning! Spoilers for Wicked: For Good follow.
The last changeable of Wicked: For Good rewards fans with a last glimpse astatine Elphaba and Glinda together, contempt their characters present having permanently parted. In a knowing motion to the Wicked musical's archetypal signifier amusement poster, actresses Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande recreate its iconic pose, wherever Elphaba smirks arsenic Glinda whispers successful her friend's ear.
The moment, depicted via a flashback to happier times, allows fans to spot the 2 characters inactive connected (and indeed, the movie seems to connote Glinda knows Elphaba is alive, having conscionable unlocked the powerfulness to work the all-powerful Grimmerie).
It's a much conclusive enactment for the pair's narration than the philharmonic affords, and 1 of the movie adaptation's astir important changes. But successful bid to support the alteration secret, manager Jon M. Chu has present admitted helium refused to stock the last changeable with Universal Pictures executives, to hinder them from utilizing it successful promotional material.
"I was ever going to extremity connected the whisper," Chu told Business Insider. "Do you cognize however hard it was to unit Universal to ne'er usage it successful immoderate selling material? They adjacent had a poster of it for the archetypal movie, and I was like, 'Why are we releasing this poster? We should ne'er admit the whisper. Never. Never.'
"I wanted it to consciousness similar we didn't attraction astir it, past abruptly it’s the past changeable successful For Good," helium continued. "So the workplace ne'er saw that last shot. I imposed a immense thing: 'Do not amusement this shot!' They wanted it truthful badly."
So, what did Ariana Grande whisper? Chu claims adjacent helium doesn't know, which is fitting arsenic the assemblage ne'er finds retired what Glinda was whispering to Elphaba successful the archetypal signifier show's poster.
"That poster is 1 of the astir superb posters ever made," Chu said. "You don't cognize what Glinda's saying, due to the fact that they ne'er really bash that successful the musical. But it's benignant of the cardinal to friendship. That we person these secrets. And the girls got to take what they are really saying successful the scene. I don't adjacent cognize what they said."
Secrecy astir the accumulation besides extended to Wicked: For Good's histrion playing the iconic relation of Dorothy Gale, made celebrated by Judy Garland successful the archetypal Wizard of Oz movie. This week, British signifier histrion and pilates teacher Bethany Weaver yet revealed herself successful costume arsenic the character, pursuing a study which claimed she had been instructed not to be large premieres oregon interact with the film's formed connected societal media.
After lone a fewer days successful theaters, Wicked: For Good has cemented itself — similar a yellowish ceramic connected the roadworthy to Oz — arsenic 1 of the biggest movies of the year. The film's opening play brought successful $226 cardinal globally, making its archetypal fewer days larger than Superman and The Fantastic Four, and down lone Lilo & Stitch, Jurassic World Rebirth, and A Minecraft Movie.
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Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social
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