Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, the stars of the upcoming 'Wicked' movie, revealed they worked together to ensure equal pay for their roles. The actresses discussed their transparent contract negotiations in a recent interview, emphasizing the importance of honesty and mutual respect.
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were equal partners for Wicked, both in front of and behind the camera. The actresses opened up about working together to establish equal salaries while filming the two-part movie musical in a joint interview with Variety published on Thursday, January 2. Grande, 31, shared, “We went through our contracts together and called each other up. ‘Did you see that? What do you think about that? Let’s get together.
’” Erivo, 37, added: “We both went through it — ‘What number are we doing? How do you feel about that?’ We were really f---ing honest. And that’s really rare. People don’t do that.” Noting that she and Erivo are “very different,” Grande told the outlet that “her needs my needs” while working on the project. Erivo reiterated her words, stating: “And her needs become mine.” Shortly after the film’s November 2024 theatrical release, false reports spread online that Grande was paid millions more for her role as Glinda than Erivo for her role as Elphaba. “Reports of pay disparity between Cynthia and Ariana are completely false and based on internet fodder,” a spokesperson for Universal Pictures told Us Weekly in a statement at the time. “The women received equal pay for their work on Wicked.” A source close to Grande also told Us that the rumors “started on Reddit” and were “completely not true.” Director Jon M. Chu praised the women’s equal pay negotiations in Thursday’s Variety interview. “This is a modern production,” he stated. “This is what Hollywood should reflect. These are co-CEOs of ‘Wicked Inc.’” Based on the Broadway musical and 1995 novel of the same name by Gregory Maguire, Wicked tells the story of Elphaba, a.k.a. the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda, a.k.a. Glinda the Good Witch, before and during the events of The Wizard of Oz. The plot follows the two women as their relationship develops from rival roommates to best friends to unlikely rivals amid the backdrop of societal turmoil in Oz
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