Wicked_ Ethan Slater Gushes Over 'Incredible' GF Ariana Grande (Exclusive)

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00:00There's this adorable moment of you helping Ariana with her train in Australia.

00:03What's it like to share this experience together?

00:05I am so proud of Ariana. She's incredible in this movie.

00:09She and Cynthia are mind-blowing in this movie.

00:11And I think I'm not alone in the cast of feeling just kind of privileged

00:14to be able to witness that chemistry on set.

00:17And now to be able to share in the celebration of it, I'm just grateful.

00:22Yeah.

00:22Don't be afraid.

00:24It's the wizard who should be afraid of me.

00:26The wizard that there is or was.

00:29Congratulations. The movie is incredible.

00:32What's it like to be here at this premiere?

00:34Also seeing so many hardcore Wicked fans around here.

00:37It's completely surreal.

00:38I mean, I've been a hardcore Wicked fan for 20 years.

00:41So to be part of this movie is, I don't know, it's a crazy dream come true.

00:46It's really bizarre.

00:46And then to have everybody cheering, like, this is how I feel about it.

00:49So it's cool to see other people feel this way.

00:51The participation, everyone's in their pink and their green.

00:53Everyone's on their game right now.

00:56What message do you have for those fans?

00:57The fact that they have to wait for a part two.

01:00You know what I'll say?

01:01My experience watching this movie is that after watching the first one,

01:06you're going to be excited for part two,

01:08but really you're going to want to watch the first one again.

01:10It's such a full story.

01:11So much happens.

01:12And you get to love these characters, Glinda and Elphaba.

01:16It's just amazing.

01:17You're going to love it.

01:18I saw it and the way I see it is that we get more Wicked.

01:21That's what it is.

01:22It's going to be double the fun.

01:23That's right.

01:23And there's so much in there.

01:26There's so much already that was in there in the stage play.

01:28And now we get to take our time and get to know these characters.

01:30And it moves fast.

01:31So you're going to want to see it again and again.

01:33Did you get a chance to see the stage play with Adina and Kristen?

01:36I did.

01:37You did?

01:37I did.

01:38When I was in sixth grade, my class took a trip up to New York.

01:41And we saw it in the spring of 2004 before the Tonys.

01:44So I got to see the original cast.

01:46It's crazy because there's loyal Wicked fans.

01:48There's loyal SpongeBob fans.

01:50How does it feel to be able to, I don't know,

01:52claim those characters, Bach and SpongeBob,

01:54until you're Kennedy Center Honors?

01:57The SpongeBob at Kennedy Center Honors?

01:59No, you, Ethan Slater.

02:01Oh, sure.

02:01People still really love you as SpongeBob.

02:03And now they're going to love you as Bach.

02:04That's got to feel like an embarrassment of riches.

02:06It really is.

02:07I'm so grateful just to be able to, look,

02:09they're both iconic characters who were there before me.

02:12And so I just feel really honored to be able to step in

02:14and bring some of myself to it.

02:17And somebody who is here, just a fan here for the premiere,

02:21was telling me that they're doing SpongeBob Jr.

02:24at their acting center.

02:26And that's the coolest thing ever.

02:27It feels like, you know, I don't know, my kid out in the world.

02:32And they're taking it on.

02:34And it means so much to me.

02:34But it means so much to everyone else.

02:36And so we get to share that.

02:37And I feel that way about Bach, too.

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