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Wicked star Ethan Slater "learned a lot" working with girlfriend Ariana Grande
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18/11/2024
The musical star hit the wet red carpet at the film's UK Premiere. Report by Nelsonj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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Ethan, congratulations on the movie. You're not deaf, dumb and blind. You'll be hearing
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the kind of response to it so far, and it's been overwhelmingly positive. The people that
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love the musical, the people that just love movies, it seems to be ticking a lot of boxes.
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How much of a relief is this to you, or were you guys full of confidence throughout this
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entire process?
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No, it's a funny thing. It's a little bit of both. I think that there's some confidence
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that's inspired by John, who's right here, and his leadership is just amazing throughout.
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And I think, when I first saw the movie, I went in with slightly high expectations
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because the experience of making it was so beautiful. I saw the work of all these incredible
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actors right in front of me, and so I felt, I mean, it was a real privilege to witness
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that on set. And then when I actually saw the finished product of the movie, I was like,
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I think it's better than I thought it would be, even. Because he and Myron, who edited
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it, and the entire team, it's just beautifully done. And I've lost track of what the original
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question is, other than I'm so proud to be a part of it, and I feel really grateful that
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the world's now getting to see it.
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Well, for someone who lost track, that was a perfect answer to the question. Congratulations
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for that as well.
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Thank you so much.
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I read an interview with you today, and you were talking about the process of casting
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and how you played multiple characters as you put yourself on tape for this. You wanted
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this so badly. Talk me through that experience of getting the role, and then how has it lived
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up to all those expectations from a creative standpoint?
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Wow. Well, look, it's like a dream to be in Wicked the film, something that's been circling
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in the air for a decade, a show that's been around for 20 plus years. That was one of
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my intros to musical theatre, one of my intros to theatre, and it had meant so much to me.
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So first of all, I knew there was no chance I would ever get this role ever in a million
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years. I wanted it too much. That was the feeling. So actually getting it, it was just
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surreal. It's the kind of thing where I was like, maybe tomorrow it'll sink in. Maybe
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tomorrow it'll settle in, that this is actually happening.
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And I've got to ask, they do say in entertainment, don't work with children or animals, but how
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is it with the other half when you're on set with your partner? Is that kind of like...
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Because me and my partner, we like to argue a lot. That's our thing. So when you guys
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are on there, do you just give each other lots of space, or are you kind of trying to
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chew things up creatively, giving advice and ideas?
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Well, it's not quite like that, but Ariana's an amazing actor, and she is such an incredible
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scene partner with everyone. And I think that was something that was really special to witness,
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she and Cynthia together, but also the way that they interacted with all of us. So I
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learned a lot from them on set, and I was kind of just grateful to be there and witness
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it. But yeah, they're just both amazing actors, and they're amazing actors to work with, so
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it's easy.
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Well, congratulations, buddy. Can't wait for the next one in 12 months' time. We'll see
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you then. Hopefully a slightly drier day.
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I don't know, I kind of love it.
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