Wicked | Featurette: Behind-The-Scenes With Cynthia Erivo - video Dailymotion

At university, the awkward Elphaba befriends the popular Galinda and practices sorcery in the hopes of meeting her idol, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

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00:01Three, two, one, action!

00:09I knew when I was going into this that stunts would be needed,

00:12and I knew that I wanted to do my own stunts.

00:15I wanted to do the work.

00:17How can you hire an actor that does their own stunts,

00:20amazing acting, sings,

00:22and then can integrate all three of those things together

00:25and land it over and over and over and over again?

00:30It's a really strange sensation,

00:42because I have to shift the way I breathe in order to sing.

01:00Has that ever happened in a movie before?

01:02Live singing while you go around like that?

01:04Yay! That's gonna be fun.

01:08And as for the physical flying of it all,

01:10once all is said and done,

01:12you're now flying with a corset and a harness and songs.

01:17And when it works, it really does feel like magic.