Ariana Grande Has Been Forever Changed by Wicked (and Wicked: For Good)
Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
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🗓️ 23 December 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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In this episode from the archives, the Oscar nominee talks to Rebecca about how much playing Glinda the Good Witch transformed her, from permanently changing her vocal cords to shifting her emotionally as well. Plus, she talks about how she survives living a very public life and plays a round of Proust Roulette.
This episode originally aired on Feb 11, 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, Vanity Fair's podcast for film, TV, and awards lovers. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm Rebecca Ford. |
| 0:12.0 | During our holiday break, we're opening up the Little Gold Men archives to share some interviews from last year with the stars of this year's films. |
| 0:19.0 | My guest today is Ariana Grande, who was Oscar nominated for her turn as Galinda in the first |
| 0:25.1 | Wicked Film, and is once again gaining some awards buzz for her performance in the follow-up, |
| 0:29.7 | Wicked for Good. |
| 0:31.8 | Just like in the first movie, I came away from the sequel incredibly impressed by not only |
| 0:36.1 | her singing but her acting, from the comedic |
| 0:38.6 | bits to the more dramatic moments in the film. |
| 0:41.2 | We talked about how this role has permanently transformed her voice, the similarity she |
| 0:45.6 | sees between herself and Galinda, and what was especially fun about being a part of award |
| 0:51.1 | season last year. |
| 0:52.8 | I also got to learn her most overused phrase in a round of Bruce Roulette, |
| 0:57.3 | although you might be able to guess it before we get to the end. |
| 1:03.1 | I'm so excited to welcome Oscar-nominated actor Ariana Grande to the podcast. |
| 1:09.2 | Thank you for joining me. |
| 1:10.4 | Thank you for having me. I'm so excited to be here. |
| 1:12.7 | This is such a crazy time. I can imagine. I was sort of looking at what you've been doing recently, |
| 1:17.8 | and it seems like a lot. You did a panel with Billy Eilish just yesterday? I did. It was really, |
| 1:23.8 | really sweet. She's just incredible, and she's so supportive supportive and yeah, it was really fun to be able to see her and celebrate what we've both been up to and hug and also feel her support in this moment. It's just like really nice to have a friend. And it's been really beautiful and lovely and we've doing so much work, and it has just felt so celebratory of wicked and of the work that we were so grateful to do. |
| 1:51.8 | And it's been nice. |
| 1:53.6 | I introduced you as Oscar-nominated actor. |
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