Although their onscreen counterparts don’t always see eye to eye, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo have had each other’s backs from the beginning of their Wicked journey. After the Jon M. Chu-helmed movie musical premiered last month,

Ariana Grande says she “aligned” with her Wicked costar Cynthia Erivo during the contract negotiation process ahead of the musical’s imminent film adaptation. In an interview published this week,

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