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Hey, this is Jon M. Chu and I\u2019m the director of \u201cWicked: For Good.\u201d \u266b \u201cThe truth is not a thing of fact or reason.\u201d \u266b Here is the great Jeff Goldblum playing the Wizard and and Ariana Grande playing Glinda the Good and Cynthia Erivo playing Elphaba. In this scene, we really wanted them to be together so that Glinda could convince Elphaba to stay with the Wizard. And throughout this whole song, they are singing live. \u266b \u201cA man\u2019s called a traitor.\u201d \u266b Also this \u2014 when he goes up the contraption \u2014 that is actually Jeff Goldblum going up on a rig to fly up in the air. He had to train for that. So he does his own stunts in this movie. Now this shot, this all doesn\u2019t cut. She had to hide behind that drape. And she\u2019s literally right now in real time, running in the hallway to get back to that bookcase. So this is all in real time. We had five engineers, remote control engineers, controlling to the rhythm, the eyeballs, and then she\u2019s running in, making sure she doesn\u2019t slip in the back. And then Ari comes out. \u266b \u201cThey call him wonderful.\u201d \u201cSo I am wonderful.\u201d \u201cAnd is so wonderful. It\u2019s part of his name.\u201d \u266b So we haven\u2019t cut yet all the way from before. And I know that when we made this staircase, that\u2019s something that Nathan Crowley, our production designer, and Alice Brooks, our cinematographer, really wanted this red staircase to nod to the old classic musicals. And in another nod to old classic storytelling, we wanted this moment where Glinda could take Elphaba to the side and say the same thing she said in movie one, which is like, imagine what we could do together. And aren\u2019t you tired of running. And then this magical Disneyland ride occurs. I always thought the Peter Pan ride was a great nod in this, that it\u2019s all created by a person, and yet it could still feel that childlike wonder. I really needed Cynthia to go back into a childlike state in order to remember what it felt like to be part of a system, and how nice it feels sometimes to be comfortable, even though what she\u2019s done is more courageous and feels uncomfortable. This is actually, the contraption that they\u2019re on is a huge major engineering feat. We literally built a ride. They\u2019re actually being lifted from the bottom. So we have tracks on the bottom. They\u2019re not being hung from the top. And it went all around the room. This room is actually connected to the throne room with the big Wizard head. So you could walk from this side all the way to the front, which is what you\u2019re about to see as they go through these drapes. I always wanted to see what it\u2019s like to be behind the drape and in front of the drape. That classic idea. And when they walked in here, I wanted to feel like that wonder going into almost a carousel like place. And even as they spin, it\u2019s almost dizzying. And in a weird way, it\u2019s almost like that \u201cTitanic\u201d shot with Leo where they\u2019re spinning right before all the tragedy occurs. \u201cTrust me, it\u2019s fun!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n