Wicked For Good Director Shares Story Behind Film's Emotional Final Moments

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as a young Elphaba and Glinda in WickedThis article contains major spoilers for Wicked For Good.Wicked For Good director Jon M Chu has opened up about the musical sequel’s poignant final moments.At the end of the movie, when Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s characters have parted ways for the last time, the film ends with a flashback to Elphaba and Glinda’s younger days at Shiz University, with the latter leaning in to whisper something in the former’s ear.Wicked devotees will know this is a direct homage to the stage musical’s original poster, which depicts an illustration of a similar scene.The iconic Wicked musical posterSpeaking to Variety, Jon shared that it was “always the plan” to end the second Wicked movie “on the whisper” as a surprise for fans of the original show.“Do you know how hard it was to force Universal to never use it in any marketing material?” he claimed.Jon went on to say he was upset when the production company recreated their own version of the whisper in a poster for the first Wicked film.Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande recreating the iconic ‘whisper’ poster pic.twitter.com/mb3aYav3oy— Wicked Updates 🧹 (@wicked_updates) October 9, 2024“I was like, ‘Why are we releasing this poster? We should never acknowledge the whisper. Never. Never’,” he recalled. “I wanted it to feel like we didn’t care about it, then suddenly it’s the last shot in For Good.“So the studio never saw that final shot. I imposed a huge thing: ‘Do not show this shot!’ They wanted it so badly.”Jon went on to admit that even he’s not sure what Ariana whispered to Cynthia on set that day, as he wanted it to be a private moment between the two women.“That poster is one of the most brilliant posters ever made. You don’t know what Glinda’s saying, because they never actually do that in the musical. But it’s sort of the key to friendship. That we have these secrets,” he insisted.“And [Cynthia and Ariana] got to choose what they are actually saying in the scene. I don’t even know what they said.”While the original Wicked poster obscures much of Elphaba and Glinda’s faces, the recreation for the movie featured Cynthia looking straight at the camera, prompting some fans to create their own versions using AI and digital technology.However, this sparked an upset response from the British actor, who claimed such edits were “the wildest, most offensive thing I have seen” in the lead-up to Wicked’s release.Wicked For Good is in cinemas now.READ MORE:Wicked Writer Discusses 'Too Romantic' Deleted Scene That Would Have Changed The FilmWicked For Good's Most Heartbreaking Scene Was Actually Totally ImprovisedWe Can't Get Enough Of The Wicked For Good Cast's Epic Behind-The-Scenes Snaps

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