Kristin Chenoweth ‘Cannot Confirm or Deny’ Whether She Makes a ‘Wicked’ Cameo

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00:00Not that I've outgrown her, there'll always be a part of me that is Glenda, obviously, but

00:06I don't think I could go back. I just don't think I could go back.

00:09You know, I have to get your thoughts on this because in a recent teaser for Wicked,

00:14so many people were convinced that they saw you in the background of a shot.

00:20Can you confirm, deny this? Can you give me any context about this?

00:24I could do neither, but I can say that I know I speak for Idina and I both. We're very excited

00:32to see the completion of this movie, which we will get to see very soon, like in a week or two.

00:39And I know we're both really happy for the girls. We can't wait to see them take on

00:43these characters. You told us recently that you wanted to see Ariana make this version of Glenda

00:51her own. What are you hoping that she brings to it? I don't know if you saw any teasers and

00:55what makes it different. She'll make it different. You know, I told, don't worry about me.

01:02She's like, what I want to pay homage to. I said, you will. It's in the writing. You will. Don't

01:06worry about me. And I didn't, she doesn't, she didn't need one of my suggestions, anything like

01:11that. Like I just wanted to give her permission to do her thing. And so by her being cast,

01:18it's already different. And she's, she'll bring her own unique talent. That's the thing about

01:25these parts that I, that I love. It's not Glenda and Elphaba are not who you think they are.

01:32And so therefore, you know, they, they cast very differently from Ariana and from me and Idina.

01:39And I'm smart. I think it was smart to go with Cynthia and Ariana. It's like, if you're going

01:44to redo something, redo it, you know, and they, they each put their own stamp on those parts.

01:52And I think that's what I'm excited for the world to see. Also, I'm excited for the world to see

01:57just how funny Ariana Grande is. Is there, do you ever, do you miss Glenda? Do you ever get

02:02the itch to, you know, revisit her? I think I don't want to revisit her because have you heard

02:08that saying? It's like going back is so, is never the same. Like when people move back home or they

02:13go back with an old boyfriend or it's, it's like I did it and I did it in the best possible way I

02:20could on Broadway. I feel, not that I've outgrown her. There'll always be a part of me that is

02:25Glenda, obviously, but I don't think I could go back. I mean, I guess I could see it happening

02:31as just Glenda, the older version, but going back to Glenda, to high school, I don't know. It'd be hard.