Wicked debuts new poster - as stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo dish on power of friendship in new teaser By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 08:17, 22 August 2024 | Updated: 08:17, 22 August 2024 e-mail View comments As the premiere date for the much-anticipated live-action Wicked film fast approaches, a brand new featurette and poster for the upcoming Wicked film just dropped. On the poster, leading ladies Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo can be seen holding hands and staring into each other's eyes, with Oz and Shiz University in the background.
Both actresses are fully dressed in their iconic costumes, with Grande in her sparkling pink gown as Galinda Upland, a popular young woman who later becomes Glinda the Good. Then there's Cynthia Erivo in her wickedly garb, for her role as Elphaba Thropp, a misunderstood young woman born with green skin who later becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. In the new video teaser, the two stars, along with director Jon M.
Chu and co-star Jonathan Bailey , talk about the characters bond and the power of friendship, while also showing more footage from the highly-anticipated movie musical. The promotional push for the live-action film adaption of Wicked continued with the release of a new poster showing stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo holding hands and staring into each other's eyes, with Oz and Shiz University in the background 'Wicked to me, at its very core, is about friendship,' Chu, 44, explained. 'And it starts with .