Watch: The moment Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo got the call to star in 'Wicked.'

Another Broadway hit is coming to the big screen and this one promises to be magical. Director Jon M. Chu (Crazy rich Asians, In the heights) adopts this adaptation of Evilthe hugely successful musical (itself adapted from a novel) that chronicles the complicated relationship between the two most famous witches in the land of Oz.

The story revolves around Glinda and Elphaba, also known as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West, who are brought to life on screen by two equally iconic talents: Ariana Grande And Cynthia Erivo. Grande, Erivo, Chu and co-star Jeff Goldblum gathered for a Fandango Big Ticket interview to talk about working on the film, crafting their characters and more, but the two leads also detailed how they figured it out been poured.

Ariana Grande explained how her manager and agent “conspired” to surprise her with the news by inviting Jon M. Chu and everyone involved on a big Zoom call:

Meanwhile, Cynthia Erivo became involved in a frantic phone call at 1 a.m., also with Chu, not knowing it was for her Evil:

Watch the full Fandango Big Ticket interview below and Get your tickets Evil Here.

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