00:00Ariana Grande is calling out double standards when it comes to criticism surrounding her voice.
00:06The singer, who's set to star in John M. Chu's Wicked movie musical as Glinda, alongside Cynthia Erivo,
00:11has been called out online for changing her voice for the film, with many noting she still continues to speak in her Glinda voice.
00:19After she appeared on Penn Badgley's Pod Crushed, the singer addressed the mockery on TikTok over her different speaking voices.
00:25She wrote at the time,
00:30Now, in an interview with Vanity Fair, Grande reflected on the conversation surrounding her voice change for the role.
00:40There is a part of the world that isn't familiar with what it takes to transform your voice,
00:44whether it's singing or taking on a different dialect for a role, or doing a character voice for something.
00:50Grande also called out the double standard that exists when a male actor can alter his voice for a role.
00:54When it's a male actor that does it, it's acclaimed.
00:57There are definitely jokes that are made as well, but it's always after being led with praise.
01:02Oh wow, he was so lost in the role, and that's just a part of the job, really.
01:06She added,
01:06Austin Butler was another star who notably got attention for his voice change for his Oscar-nominated performance as Elvis Presley in Elvis.
01:21He said at the time,
01:22I often liken it to when somebody lives in another country for a long time,
01:26and I had three years where that was my only focus in life,
01:29so I'm sure that there's just pieces of my DNA that will always be linked in that way.
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