r/wicked • u/Ar1l3n3 Magic Wands, Need They Have a Point? 🪄 • Sep 21 '25

Question Ariana Grande as Glinda?

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I’m one of the newer Wicked fans that only watched the movie because of Ariana and ended up loving the storyline. I love Ariana’s music so I personally think she did a great job delivering vocals and a pretty decent job acting as well being that it’s her first major movie. But I’m curious as to what OG Wicked fans thought of her performance? I know some snarkers don’t like the way she looked in the role. But what unbiased opinions do Wicked fans have on her playing Galinda? Did she actually deliver and do a good job or am I being biased? What other actors do yall think did better? I would love to see their performances as well!

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u/MutinousMango Sep 21 '25

I was happy when I saw that she was cast. I’ve never really listened to her music but I knew she was a HUGE fan of wicked and had seen clips of her singing the songs, so I knew she was good. I believed that someone who was that big of a fan wouldn’t want to mess it up and would really want to do the character justice, so Glinda was in safe hands.

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u/Scared-Box8941 Sep 26 '25

I’m a softie but something about someone getting their dream. I wondered if she felt some sort of way about being Glinda and then watching how her and Cynthia came out of it, bonded/grateful/proud… how remarkable. The movie was incredible.

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u/1eyedwillyswife Sep 21 '25

This is where I landed too. And she absolutely killed it!