Whereas “Depraved” remains to be defying gravity in theaters, the movie has additionally been launched on premium video on demand, and with it followers have been discovering some deleted scenes they want might’ve added to the whimsy and magic of the movie.
Seems Cynthia Erivo has a number of of her favourite scenes on the chopping room flooring as effectively. IndieWire spoke with the “Depraved” star on the pink carpet for the Nationwide Board of Evaluate, the place “Depraved” received Finest Movie from the awards physique.
Certainly one of her favorites includes a scene on the prepare station through which Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh) and Galinda (Ariana Grande) come to Elphaba’s (Erivo) facet as her father is seeing her off to the Emerald Metropolis to go to the wizard, dismissively saying he hopes Elphaba makes impression.
“They bounce to her protection, and it appears like somewhat girl-army,” Erivo stated. “That makes me very joyful. I want that was in.”
Certainly one of her different favorites is a deleted scene between Elphaba and Boq (Ethan Slater), additionally on the prepare station, through which the 2 are discussing their emotions for Nessarose and Fiyero, a scene she stated “is absolutely cool,” however “alas.” Grande shares her affinity for that scene and lately stated on one other pink carpet {that a} second through which Boq says “Sorry, I misunderstood, I believed we have been being trustworthy” was one of the best line in the entire film.
Lastly, Erivo stated she’s additionally a fan of the deleted scene contained in the Oz forest between Elphaba and Fiyero, through which she reveals Fiyero tips on how to correctly maintain the lion cub earlier than setting it free.
It’s unbelievable to assume there are much more scenes that didn’t make the movie contemplating “Depraved” is nearly so long as the stage musical on which it’s based mostly, although it solely covers Act I. We’ll see what else director Jon M. Chu saved from Act II with 2025’s upcoming “Depraved: For Good.”
Jonathan Bailey, who performs Fiyero in “Depraved,” lately teased what he stated was a “tonal shift” between the 2 movies.
“I feel we perceive the world and the way it works 1736300764,” he defined. “I’m actually excited for the tonal shift. The world will get heavier and extra difficult and there’s simply that pumping sense of hope and pleasure and resilience and all of the issues that we love about Elphaba’s journey that I can’t anticipate.”
In between then and all of the awards reveals Erivo appears to be attending nightly, she says she’s decompressing by, effectively, holding busy with different initiatives.
“Work. Working! I’m going again to work,” she stated with fun on the pink carpet.