Discover out who makes shock appearances within the new movie … and the way one of many cameo stars squirmed when requested about it by Cohen.
Whereas Depraved the film belongs to Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, there are a handful of shock cameos within the movie delighting longtime followers of the musical to no finish.
If you have not but seen the variation, out now in theaters, and wish to get a shock, cease studying now.
You’ve got been warned!
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The brand new movie, from director Jon M. Chu, is customized from the Broadway musical of the identical identify.
The extremely common stage present starred Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth as Elphaba — later generally known as the Depraved Witch of the West — and Glinda the Good Witch. Each have been nominated for Greatest Actress on the Tony Awards again in 2004, with Menzel taking residence the trophy.
With the actresses so well-known for his or her roles, many have been questioning how — if in any respect — they might be included into the film. Fortunately, followers will not have to attend till Depraved: Half 2 to search out out, as they seem in the identical scene in Half 1.
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The pair do not present up till the ultimate act of the movie, as Elphaba and Glinda make their solution to the Emerald Metropolis to satisfy The Wizard, as the corporate sings “One Quick Day.” As soon as there, they’re handled to a stage present, explaining the historical past of Oz and the Grimmerie — with Menzel and Chenoweth popping up, in full-on ball robes, to assist inform the story by means of track.
At one level, Menzel even hits her iconic “Defying Gravity” observe, earlier than the pair share a candy second with their new era counterparts.
Of filming with the pair, Grande instructed PEOPLE, “I imply, it was simply such a surreal honor.” She added that, “to be arising with bits along with them and to look at them sing and to do their shtick,” was “out-of-body expertise, actually.”
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To this point, the 2 Broadway stars have not talked about their cameos simply but — although Andy Cohen did ask Chenoweth about hers throughout an look Thursday on Watch What Occurs Reside. Whereas he did not flat out say she’s in it, he stated everybody was speaking about “what they noticed within the film,” earlier than asking, “How arduous was it conserving it a secret?”
Chenoweth performed it cool, exclaiming, “What?!” When he then requested, “Was it arduous?”, she replied, “Continues to be arduous,” earlier than telling folks to simply see the film and pleading the fifth.
The 2 actresses aren’t the one ones related to the unique present who make appearances within the film.
In the identical “One Quick Day” sequence, Winnie Holzman — who wrote the e-book for the musical and the screenplay for the movie — additionally exhibits up as a fellow Ozian. The Broadway present’s composer Stephen Schwartz additionally makes a quick look as a guard who lets Elphaba and Glinda into the palace.
Depraved: Half 1 is in theaters now.
