Yahoo Lifestyle Time to Hold Space for Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande's Full Friendship Timeline
Despite being busy taking in the lyrics to "Defying Gravity" and holding space for that, we found time to do a deep-dive on Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande's very sweet friendship—which largely consists of hyping each other up, tenderly holding fingers, and shedding tears during interviews. So how did these two get so close? For starters, Wicked took for-ev-er to film and this press tour has been 84 years, but lemme just go ahead and put things into a timeline.
November 2021
Cynthia and Ari are cast in Wicked! They promptly send each other cute notes and flowers.
These two then meet for the first time at Cynthia's house, and the rest is history. (History which we are about to go over in great detail.)
October 2022
Ari and Cynthia officially start preparing for their roles and getting into character as Glinda and Elphaba.
December 2022
Filming for Wicked begins in London!
Lost my phone…so I couldn’t keep up today with the announcements especially while we were shooting day 3 here in London. Just know things are going great. The #WickedMovie is really happening and I have 3 days of footage of prove it:) oh also JEFF GOLDBLUME IS THE WIZARD!!!! https://t.co/ygjqdR7TVy
— Jon M. Chu (@jonmchu) December 9, 2022
March 2023
Ari and Cynthia are about halfway through filming (reminder: they were essentially making two movies at once between parts 1 and 2, so production was loooOoooOooOoOoong).
January 2024
Filming for Wicked concludes! (Note: the cast took a break from production due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strikes, which is why filming took longer than expected.)
February 11, 2024
Ari and Cynthia head to the Super Bowl in matching 'fits.
March 10, 2024
Then they present at the Oscars (in outfits we can all agree Elphaba and Glinda would enjoy).
May 6, 2024
Cynthia and Ariana casually perform at the 2024 Met Gala and give fans a taste of what's coming.
Also their red carpet pics are the cutest.
May 16, 2024
Ari drops a bunch of BTS pics from Wicked and I, personally, am flooded with jealousy and bitterness that I wasn't part of the production.
July 2024
The duo heads to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Consider the press tour soft-launched!
August 21, 2024
Ari and Cynthia refer to each other as "best friends" in this joint post.
September 3, 2024
Time for more cute BTS pics:
September 22, 2024
Cynthia and Ari celebrate the two month countdown to Wicked.
Annnnnd then the world's longest press tour begins!
October 19, 2024
These two reunite at the 2024 Academy Museum Gala and their outfits are on another level.
October 28, 2024
Wicked screenings officially begin.
October 29, 2024
The pair hit up the WSJ Magazine Innovators Awards.
November 3, 2024
It's finally here! The OFFICIAL premiere of Wicked! Specifically, in Australia.
November 8, 2024
Cynthia chats about her friendship with Ari, saying, “I think we found a little piece of ourselves in each other. I think there are little pieces of us that, when we got together to do this together, when we first started, each of us was missing a little chunk.”
November 9, 2024
The Wicked premiere tour arrives in sunny Los Angeles.
November 11, 2024
And then Mexico City!
November 14, 2024
And then New York!
November 18, 2024
And then Europe!
Meanwhile, we are treated to some truly iconic press tour moments.
November 21, 2024
But nothing and no one could have prepared us for this:
— masha (@MashaParty) November 21, 2024
November 22, 2024
Ariana's boyfriend and co-star Ethan Slater tells Today, "I think it’s an emotional process to dive into characters who go through such a journey. It’s been a really long and intense process. When you do that, you really bond with the people you’re around… Their friendship is really real and really deep and really informed by the work that they did together. I think they’re getting to talk about [it] and getting to reflect on it while they’re still in the midst of it.”
Annnnd that pretty much brings us up to date! Stay tuned for more Cynthia and Ari moments.
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