Cynthia Erivo Recalls Refusing to Use Bathroom While Filming Wicked: Here’s Why [Video]

Cynthia Erivo learned to hold it all in when she was in her Wicked costume.

During an appearance on the Nov. 15 episode of the podcast Sentimental Men, the actress, 37, said she refused to use the bathroom for up to 12 to 14 hours at a time during long production days for Jon M. Chu‘s hotly anticipated big screen adaptation of the Tony winning musical.

Erivo, who plays Elphaba (a.k.a. the Wicked Witch of the West) in the anticipated flick, detailed the strenuous process of putting on her costume and harnesses to film stunts. 

She revealed that there were “two or three different harnesses for different stunts” and she wore them over her corset and costume when used.

“Those days were really interesting because once you’re in the harness, you don’t want to come out of the harness because it takes forever to …