Ariana Grande on how 'Wicked' role saved her from going to psychiatric hospital
Ariana Grande says had it not been for her role in 'Wicked', she would have ended up in an insane asylum.
Ariana Grande continues to celebrate her role in 'Wicked', which launched over the weekend in Los Angeles.
The singer/actor was speaking during a panel in Hollywood following a screening of the film.
She started by opening up about how she prepared for the role.
“Vocally, it’s very different for me than what I usually sing, so I started training every single day with my vocal coach for two-and-a-half, three months before my first audition, and my acting coach.
"I just wanted to be prepared to use any tool needed whatever was asked, I wanted to be able to drop in and do it and really become her,” Grande said when referring to her role as Glinda.
Ariana says she gave the role her all.
“I gave my everything to it and paused everything else.”
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Ariana also opened up about how the movie saved her from ending up in a psychiatric hospital.
“I do think, though, if it hadn’t happened, I might have ended up in an insane asylum, so there’s that,” she said.
The director of the movie, Jon M. Chu, spoke about how impressive Ariana's work was.
Chu says at first, he questioned if Ariana could pull off the role, but he was later blown away by her versatile talent.
“Does she really know what it takes to carry a movie? Does she know what it takes to be inside a character? And she came in, and I couldn’t believe what I was watching. I was like, ‘She’s not talking like Ariana Grande. She’s not singing like Ariana Grande.’"
'Wicked' opens in theatres on November 22.
It also features Cynthia Erivo.
'Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning and Oscar®-nominated powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as Elphaba, a young woman misunderstood because of her green skin who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman gilded by privilege who has yet to discover her true heart', reads the movie description.
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