Ethan Slater shares the real reason Wicked stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo always cry together

Ethan Slater explained whyBad co-stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo Get very emotional together.

Ahead of the film’s release on Friday, November 22, Grande and Erivo appeared in a series of joint interviews to promote the film.

Slater, who plays a Munchkin boy named Boq in the film, recently said:Today that the two joked about crying constantly during interviews. “They’re so funny,” he said. “They both said, after a day full of fun, ‘We cried 100 times again. Everybody must be so angry.’ But I think it comes from a really real place.”

Badbased on Broadway stage adaptationIt is also adapted from Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the WestIntended to be a prequel to L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the 1939 film adaptation.

It tells the story of how Glinda the Good Witch and Elphaba (Grande and Erivo), the Wicked Witch of the West, met at Shiz University.

“I think it’s an emotional process to dive into characters going through a journey like this,” Slater added. “It’s been a really long and intense process. When you do this, you really connect with the people around you.

Although Slater He is in a relationship with Grande for over a year, the “Love Me Harder” singer and harriet actor “sort of like that soulmates.”

“Their friendship is really real, really deep and really inspired by the work they do together. “I think they’ll talk about it and think about it while they’re still in the middle of it,” he said.

Slater admitted to crying himself as he sat down with the press to talk about the film. She thought back to a moment when she was with her co-star Marissa Bode, who played Elphaba’s younger sister and was the first actor to use a wheelchair to play the role.

She said she began to burst into tears when the interviewer touched on a comment made about Bode.

“One of the comments said: ‘Marissa, you are an inspiration. ‘I’m a wheelchair user who always wanted to be an actor, and seeing you do it makes me feel like I can follow my dreams.’ “In addition to her beautiful performance in the film, the importance of representation was truly moving,” said Slater.

“It’s great to be a part of this story with him and see the impact he’s had. “It’s an honor.”