Ariana Grande says she believes her 'Wicked' character, Glinda, would've 'died immediately' if she left Oz with Elphaba in a new interview with fellow SAG Award nominees for the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations series.

It’s no secret that Ariana Grande was a massive fan of the Broadway musical Wicked long before she was cast in the Jon M. Chu film adaptation. Grande even spoke with Kristin Chenoweth, who originated the role of Glinda on Broadway,

“I felt like a protective nerd, like the gatekeeping fan girl in the room,” Ariana Grande jokingly told the crowd at the DGA Theater Tuesday night. The Oscar nominee, speaking in conversation with Billie Eilish for an FYC event, shared what her non-negotiables were in terms of changes from Wicked’s stage musical to film.