Pop star Ariana Grande plays the privileged and popular Glinda who meets Elphaba at Shiz University, where they also befriend Bailey’s Fiyero.
Jonathan Bailey was filming ‘Fellow Travelers’ in Toronto and ‘Bridgerton’ in London when rehearsals for ‘Wicked’ began and had to get creative to prepare for the film’s elaborate song-and-dance sequences. This meant practising his steps on a long-haul flight and doing high leg kicks while eating his meals, the actor, 36, said.
Bailey said his ‘Bridgerton’ experience helped him approach the highly anticipated production.
“I feel like I have had good training for it,” he said.
“I think ‘Bridgerton’ was an adaptation that was so successful, brilliant and genius and many people loved the books, but I feel the imagery in ‘Wicked’ is so iconic, so it is slightly different, said Bailey, adding “It’s exciting to share another fandom.”
The first chapter of the two-part ‘Wicked’ film series is out in UK and US cinemas on Friday.
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