Cynthia Erivo solutions one of many questions on everybody’s thoughts after seeing Depraved: For Good: Does Glinda (Ariana Grande) know that Elphaba (Erivo) survived, or will she ever discover out the reality? The second a part of the cinematic adaptation of the Broadway musical finishes this iteration of the story of the 2 witches of Ouncesand their lovely friendship.
Depraved: For Good‘s ending sees Elphaba faking her loss of life and fleeing Ounceswith Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey), whereas Glinda quietly deposes The Wizard (Jeff Goldblum). Glinda apparently believes Elphaba is lifeless as a lot as everybody else. In an interview with Selection, Erivo responded to lingering questions: “I do not suppose she is aware of. I do not suppose she is aware of in any respect. The truth is, I’d put my cash on it that Glinda doesn’t know that Elphaba is alive.“
Staying true to the Broadway musical’s plot, Elphaba and Fiyero agree that Glinda should consider this for his or her security and to encourage her to do what’s greatest for Oz. Nonetheless, the slight change the film makes the place the Grimmerie responds to Glinda may very well be seen as a message supposed for her that her pal did survive. Erivo additionally addressed this, saying:
Even with the e book opening, I believe the e book opening for her on the finish is extra an indication that she’s worthy of the magic that that e book has, which is what Elphaba advised her: you may have it, you need to learn to use it now. You need to be the great that adjustments issues. It has to imply one thing, and you need to work out the right way to work with this piece of magic. You have not had magic till now. Now you may have the chance to discover a method to make use of it, to discover a strategy to have it.
Selecting up a while after 2024’s smash hit Depraved, For Good sees the 2 ladies, who grew to become buddies in school, pushed aside by private and political battle. In the long run, Elphaba tells Glinda that she must let the individuals of Ouncesconsider in her being the Depraved Witch perpetually, in order that Glinda will be their hero. Right here she provides Glinda the Grimmerie earlier than they half methods.
Glinda figures out within the aftermath that The Wizard is Elphaba’s organic father; as he’s devastated by his half in his personal daughter’s alleged loss of life, he merely accepts it when Glinda orders him to go away Oz. With the assistance of the flying monkeys, Glinda then has Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh) arrested and begins undoing the outdated regime’s marketing campaign in opposition to Ouncess speaking animals.
Depraved: For Good, additionally starring Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Bowen Yang, and Bronwyn James, has had a weaker essential reception than its predecessor, however it’s nonetheless a field workplace hit, as most anticipated. Erivo and Grande have been just lately each nominated for Golden Globes for his or her performances, repeating their feat from final 12 months’s awards season.
The Depraved: For Good forged at the moment are gearing up for his or her subsequent large tasks, with Erivo starring within the stage-to-screen adaptation Prima Facie and Grande and Bailey probably reuniting for a revival of an award-winning Broadway present. So far as Elphaba and Glinda are involved, their story appears to be definitively over with this bittersweet conclusion.
- Launch Date
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November 21, 2025
- Runtime
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137 Minutes
- Director
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Jon M. Chu
- Writers
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Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox, Gregory Maguire
- Producers
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Marc Platt, David Stone