Wicked's Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo Detail Bond With "Sister Witches" Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel

And Erivo agreed. “We needed real connection," she explained, "and we needed to lead this with love—even in the moments that are supposed to be fraught with tension within the piece.”

And Erivo agreed. “We needed real connection," she explained, "and we needed to lead this with love—even in the moments that are supposed to be fraught with tension within the piece.”

The stars were also pros at juggling their busy schedules while filming. 

“In the beginning, I literally had a separate phone,” Grande shared. “The only numbers were Cynthia and Jon. I was like, 'Hi, family? I will speak to you on Sunday.’”

“For me, for my bandwidth, I need to have healthy boundaries sometimes because I sponge up everything,” the R.E.M Beauty founder told Vanity Fair. “I can offer myself to this better if something doesn’t come in that’s like a strange curveball in my head.”

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Wicked debuts in theaters Nov. 22.

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