Wicked Star Cynthia Erivo Explained Why Elphaba Uses Her Hands So Much

Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, and more broke down the Wicked filming and prep process with Teen Vogue.

To say the Wicked experience was a transformative one is an understatement. In the latest episode of Teen Vogue video series Character Study, the Wicked cast sits down to talk about their journey from the stages of Broadway and the sunny skies of Hollywood to Shiz University and the Emerald City, and the specific acting techniques and processes that brought their characters to life.

Grande and Erivo also used a variety of techniques to really channel their characters, including using specific scents to further convey growth throughout their journey and changing them up as the two witches matured. Erivo let her hands do the talking, saying she thought Elphaba was a “tentative expressive” and used her hand movements to help convey Elphaba's subtlety. “The hands were a real thing,' she says.

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