Nothing can pull Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo down.
The celebrities of Jon M. Chu‘s sweeping musical Depraved Half 1 showcased their signature powerhouse vocals in a brand new behind-the-scenes clip shared on social media of the climactic track “Defying Gravity.” Whereas simply 11 seconds lengthy, the snippet of the duo’s pitch-perfect voices are certain to provide goosebumps for listeners.
“You two have swept us away🧹🫧,” the forthcoming movie’s Instagram account commented beneath the put up.
Shared alongside the snippet was a new featurette teasing scenes and musical moments from the play-turned-pic, in addition to interviews with Chu and actors Grande, Erivo and Jonathan Bailey. The forged and director mentioned the significance of guaranteeing reside singing rather than dubbing.
“Once we got here into this film, we weren’t certain how a lot we have been gonna do reside or not, however they’re the very best singers on this planet and so, each scene, they’ve been singing reside,” Chu mentioned, because the video confirmed Grande’s vocal warm-ups, pictures of the director guiding scenes and BTS imagery of Erivo on a flying harness.
Erivo added that singing reside allowed her to be extra linked to the lyrics and her co-star, whereas Grande mentioned the choice was a “no-brainer.”
“What we’ve managed to do is immerse the viewers as a result of, successfully, our film set can be a recording studio. In order that uncooked and actual emotion we’re recording on set proper now might be what you hear and expertise within the theater,” Chu defined. “It was like the very best live performance you could possibly have ever attended at the very best seats in the home.”
Releasing Nov. 22 in theaters, the extremely anticipated adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway manufacturing — itself tailored from Gregory Maguire’s bestselling novel, which retells the story of The Wizard of Oz from the viewpoint of the Depraved Witch of the West — follows Elphaba (Erivo) and Glinda’s (Grande) prequel journey towards their destinies as evil and good witches, respectively. The all-star forged consists of Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang and Peter Dinklage.
Watch the clip in full beneath:
