Overview
- Casting directors Bernard Telsey and Tiffany Canfield said they would not take no for an answer as they pursued Jonathan Bailey for Fiyero, crediting his manager Duncan Millership for helping seal the deal.
- Bailey won the role with a self‑taped audition recorded five minutes before a West End performance, which the team said captured the wit and vulnerability they wanted.
- Screenwriter Dana Fox revealed that a filmed Glinda–Fiyero kiss was removed because it felt too passionate for the story’s balance, describing it as the right call in the edit.
- A promotional clip of Bailey hugging Ariana Grande during The New York Times’ Pizza Interview drew heavy online engagement, with reports of more than 2.3 million views.
- Bailey said he was moved to tears at the London premiere, as Wicked: For Good continues its theatrical run with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo under director Jon M. Chu.