Video: WICKED Cast Talk New Version of ‘Defying Gravity,’ Splitting Movie Into Two Parts, & More [Video]

In perhaps the first long-form interview timed to the highly anticipated upcoming film, the stars of Wicked sat down with Fandango to discuss several aspects of the experience on set and what audiences should expect come November.

Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Goldblum, and director Jon M. Chu highlighted the casting process, shared how they created their own versions of the hit songs, and revealed a few new secrets about the movie.

“The first thing we ever sang together was ‘For Good,'” remembered Grande. “It was at Jon’s house [and] that’s when we discovered that we could do that,” Erivo added.

“Stephen Schwartz was at the piano playing for us and it was the first time singing together because we didn’t actually do a chemistry test together at all,” Grande explained.

Erivo teased her rendition of ‘Defying Gravity,’ saying that, in this version, the song “grows. There’s a couple of added …