Wicked | Featurette: The Impact Of Singing Love - 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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00:00You know, when we came into this movie, we weren't sure how much we were going to do

00:10live or not.

00:18But they are the best singers in the world, and so every scene, they have been singing

00:22live.

00:23We chose to sing live because it meant that we would be further connected to the words

00:37we were saying and to each other.

00:45It was an immediate no-brainer for Cynthia and I.

00:48We both were like, well, of course we're singing live.

00:51There's something special about what happens when music is live in a room.

01:14So what we've managed to do is remorse the audience because effectively our movie set

01:19is also a recording studio.

01:22So that raw and real emotion that we are recording on set right now will be what you hear and

01:27experience in the theater.

01:44It feels really powerful to be able to use singing in that way.

01:48You feel it.

01:49The effects that they both have on the set.

01:51He's going to cry.

01:52It's so beautiful.

01:53It's so beautiful.

01:54Whenever we would get to the end of an incredibly

02:17emotional day, Cynthia and I would refer to ourselves as husks, having given everything

02:23we've got.

02:24I think the audience is going to be very surprised about the experience they're going to get

02:30here.

02:31No one has ever seen this powerhouse like this before.

02:38It was like the best concert you could have ever attended at the best seats in the house.