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They had tried for 20 years to do that.

You get away with things on stage that you could’t get away with in a movie.

Wicked

So it came out of a necessity more than anything."

And, as Chu explains, this led to some changes for the musical’s most famous song.

“So we had to break that up a little bit, which is scary.

Wicked

And we questioned ourselves at every turn.

We did not make decisions lightly.

We actually could make decisions and go backwards.

Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda in Wicked

We tried all versions, always.

She has to earn it, too.'

She knows at this moment that you don’t have to prove yourself to anyone.

Elphaba and Glinda in Wicked

She has to prove it to herself.

How do we show that through this number that already exists?

And you’re not going to add new words to it.

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So what are you going to do?”

“And so I think the audience will stick with us on that when you see the movie.”

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