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Michelle Yeoh on Ariana & Cynthia in 'Wicked,' Singing on Screen & Why Musical is so Popular | THR Video
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11/10/2024
Michelle Yeoh explains how she became a part of the 'Wicked' cast and describes what it was like to sing in the film. Plus, she dishes on Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande's performance on screen while chatting with THR at the Los Angeles premiere.
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Congratulations on this. So did John just come to you with this idea or how did he
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kind of first get involved in it? That's exactly how it happened. John M. Chu called and
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said Michelle please read this for me I would love for you to play Madame
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Marvel and I at that point had no clue what he was talking about because I had
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not seen Wicked the musical before. I know Wizard of Oz right who doesn't but
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not Wicked because I hadn't been going to the theaters and not doing what I
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love which is watching musicals for quite a while I hated to say so I read
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it and I then called John back and said this is a musical and she sings and she
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said easy you'll have fun you're up for the challenge and then the next thing I
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knew I get this video call and it was him with Ariana and Cynthia saying it's
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imperative you come and join us now. And how did the singing live up to what you
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thought it would be? Were you nervous or how did... Terrified I was not just nervous
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no but you know Dominic bless him I was music supervisor made sure I had a very
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good coach one of the best in London and Marie helped me to enjoy the process of
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opening up your voice and as long as you're not toned down you know she said
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you'll be fine and so the process of exercising the learning to use the
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muscles in a different way was actually very very good for me because it helps
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with my voice and as an actor so I had fun. How many times have you seen Wicked
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on stage now did you run out and see it right after? I've seen it twice I saw it
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in New York and then I saw it again in London because I have to know
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it's been around this property has been around for 20 years there must be a very
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good reason and of all ages different generations you know from young kids to
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teenagers to adults to grandparents are there watching Wicked so when I saw it I
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got okay I get it I know why why we all are so drawn to these characters because
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they're so relatable basically. What was it like seeing Cynthia and Ariana transform
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into these two iconic women? They don't transform they live they become it's
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amazing I mean the two of them they're like the yin and yang you know they're
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so different but at the same time they just fit together with love and great
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energy
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