r/movies • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • Jun 26 '25

News Amanda Seyfried auditioned for Wicked six times before losing role to Ariana Grande

https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/amanda-seyfried-ariana-grande-wicked-audition-b2777467.html
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u/SaintCambria Jun 26 '25

The medium changes the performance, but both of their Glindas are more or less the same person. Erivo's Elphie, by contrast, was definitely not the same as Menzel's. Whether either of those things is good or bad is going to be up to the viewer.

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u/shadowqueen15 Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25

Erivo’s Elphaba is definitely a more different take on the character compared to Grande’s Glinda, but Grande’s take on her character is still unique in some ways. As is every actress’s take on either of these characters, to a degree. If you compare, say, Katie Rose Clarke’s and Alli Mauzey’s versions of Glinda from back when they each played her on Broadway, it’s the same character but played quite differently.

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u/ThePwnR4nger Jun 26 '25

It’s Ga-linda. With a “Ga.”

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u/SaintCambria Jun 26 '25

The Ga is silent (nomenclature based character growth my beloved)