With Wicked arriving in theaters in one short week, the stars of the film are making their talk show rounds. On Thursday, Cynthia Erivo visited Late Night with Seth Meyers to discuss her experience with the new movie, and recalled her reaction when she saw the finished product for the first time.
“The first time I saw it, I think I was so overwhelmed by it that I erased myself from the movie,” Erivo shared. “I didn’t see myself at all. So much was coming at me that I was like, ‘Was I in that?’ But then the second time I was actually able to see it, I just wept. I just cried and cried and cried…This thing we spent so long working on, worked.”
During the interview, the Elphaba star also described the painstaking process of her green makeup and prosthetic ears, which were applied every morning before filming. “If it was just head, hands, and neck, …