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Wicked icon Kristin Chenoweth says she's 'nothing without my gays'
The OG Glinda talked to Out about her love of her queer fanbase at the Los Angeles premiere of the new Wicked movie.
Kristin Chenoweth is nothing without her gays!
Out's very own Raffy Ermac caught up with Chenoweth, who famously originated the role of Glinda in the Broadway version of Wicked, at the Los Angeles premiere for the upcoming film version of the musical!
"Hi icon, it's good to see you, the gays love you, as usual," Out said.
"I love the gays," she said, before bursting into beautiful song, singing, "I'm nothing without my gays."
"At the core, the story is a love story between two women," Out later asked. "So what's it like to get to see this kind of love story again on the big screen for the masses?"
"I'm just so happy that there are things we can't do on stage that they can do with the movie when you come in for a closeup," Chenoweth replied. "And I'm particularly happy with what I saw on Cynthia (Erivo, who plays Elphaba) and Ariana's (Grande, who plays Glinda) faces. I've seen the movie on a big screen, so certain moments really resonated with me, that you know, me and Idina, we played to the back of the house."
"And also I just love that the legacy that we started is now. People will get to go that can't afford to go to New York, go get a show and get a movie and go get dinner and go get a hotel. It's bringing it home and that makes me the most happy," she added.
Out also asked Chenowith if she could take one song from Grande's discography into the world of Wicked, which it would be.
"'Thank U, Next,' for sure! Moving on from Fiyero, and moving on from Elphaba, but coming back."
Watch Out's full interview with Chenoweth in the video above. Wicked debuts in theaters November 22.
Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.
Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.
