Overview
- Cynthia Erivo and Hugh Jackman discussed Wicked: For Good and Song Sung Blue in the Dec. 10 edition of Variety and CNN’s Actors on Actors.
- Jackman said film musicals are back and called the genre “the Mount Everest of movie-making,” emphasizing their difficulty to execute.
- Erivo credited director Jon Chu with finding an “invisible thread” that makes transitions from speaking to singing feel natural.
- The Wicked: For Good soundtrack debuted in the top 10 across seven Billboard charts dated Dec. 6, including No. 1 on Soundtracks and Vinyl Albums.
- Four songs from the album entered the Hot 100, led by Erivo and Ariana Grande’s “For Good” at No. 43, as Erivo tallies a new Golden Globe nomination following last year’s Oscar nod.