Wicked's Glinda Actor Goes Blonde As Ariana Grande Preps For Musical

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Ariana Grande has teased her transformation into Glinder for her role in Wicked, the upcoming two-part movie musical adaptation of the hit stage show. In 2003, the Wicked stage musical, based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, left theatre audiences and critics impressed. The story charts the unlikely friendship between contrasting witches of the Land of Oz, Elphaba and Glinda, as circumstances lead them to become mortal enemies, with each taking up the title of the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch respectively. The Wicked musical won 6 Tony Awards out of 10 nominations and broke several production records while surpassing $1 billion in total Broadway revenue. Inspired by its astounding success, a film adaptation has long been discussed.

After several roadblocks and production delays, the Wicked movie finally began making headway in 2021 when John M. Chu stepped in as the new director in place of  Stephen Daldry, with the musical's creators Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman penning the screenplay. Later that year, Wicked cast Grande and Cynthia Erivo to play the lead roles of Glinda and Elphaba respectively. The progress delighted many, and the hype increased even more when Chu revealed that Grande's Wicked audition brought him to tears. Fans have since been anxiously waiting to get a look at Grande and Erivo's characters in the movie, and it seems that their wishes will be answered soon.

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Recently, Grande posted a story to Instagram that revealed her new hairstyle for her role as Glinda in Wicked. As the snapshot showed, Grande has dyed her waist-length hair platinum blonde for the