Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were ‘really f – – king honest’ as they negotiated ‘Wicked’ salaries together
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Daniel D’Addario, the journalist who interviewed Grande, Erivo, and Chu noted that even now, her speaking voice is striking in its reminiscence to “the swaggering crispness of a 1940s movie idol.” When asked directly about it, Grande replied that it’s simply a lingering result of intensive vocal work.
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Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images 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,
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