Yet her louder moments are also organic and completely believable for the character.

There is substantial buzz about her chances at the Oscars, and winning anOscar forWickedwould earn Erivo an EGOT.

However, Grande amazingly makes Glinda bubbly, hilarious, but deeply caring.

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Glinda, on the other hand, is a more contradictory character.

However, Grande amazingly makes Glinda bubbly, hilarious, but deeply caring.

Erivo pulls off the notes that Idina Menzel once performed, which transcend all words.

Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba vs. Ariana Grande’s Glinda Who The Real MVP Of Wicked Is

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However,Glinda is hilarious throughoutWickedby being unapologetically herself.

Her pauses for effect, physicality, and now-viral exclamation of “Right!”

However, Erivo may yet surpass her as Elphaba.

Idina Menzel’s Elphaba from the Wicked musical is next to Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba from the Wicked movie

Wicked adapts the Broadway musical into a two-part film, following the unlikely friendship between Elphaba, born with green skin, and Glinda, a popular aristocrat, in the Land of Oz. As they navigate their contrasting paths, they evolve into Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Ariana Grande as Glinda singing

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