In a remarkable turn of events, pop superstar Ariana Grande inadvertently revealed a crucial plot detail about the highly anticipated film Wicked: For Good during a 2024 press interview, with fans only noticing the slip-up after the movie's release.
The Accidental Revelation
While speaking to interviewer Taylen Biggs last year, Grande was asked what items she had taken from her character Glinda's wardrobe. The singer, who plays the Good Witch in the two-part adaptation, enthusiastically listed various outfits before casually mentioning: "Oh I did steal my cardigan with the hood that I whisper..."
At this point, visible panic crossed her face as she realised her mistake. Quickly looking to her co-star Cynthia Erivo for reassurance, Grande attempted to recover by saying: "That I, not whisper...that I am looking at you in the field with the hat in the tulips and the poppies."
The Significance of the Spoiler
This seemingly minor slip actually revealed the film's secret final scene, which director Jon M. Chu had fought hard to keep under wraps. The moment Grande referenced - where Glinda whispers something to Elphaba - directly mimics the iconic original Wicked stage production poster and serves as the emotional conclusion to Wicked: For Good.
Chu had previously explained to Variety the immense effort required to preserve this surprise, stating: "Do you know how hard it was to force Universal to never use it in any marketing material? They even had a poster of it for the first movie, and I was like, 'Why are we releasing this poster? We should never acknowledge the whisper.'"
Fan Discovery and Reaction
The interview moment recently resurfaced and went viral on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), where one fan tweeted: "wait not ariana lowkey spoiling the whisper scene last year im crying because the pure panic on her face HDJDIKD."
Fans have expressed both amusement and surprise that the spoiler went completely unnoticed for over a year, especially given the cast's commitment to maintaining secrecy throughout the extended production period required for splitting Wicked into two separate films.
Thankfully for the production team, Grande's accidental revelation remained under the radar until after audiences had experienced the powerful concluding moment in cinemas, preserving the director's intended surprise for moviegoers.
