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Ariana Grande says filming โWickedโ has been a โhealingโ experience.
The 29-year-old pop star/actress is playing Glinda The Good Witch in an upcoming film version of the hit stage show which is going to be released in two parts and sheโs been busy filming in the UK โ and Ariana has now gushed about her love for the project insisting it has helped her in ways she couldnโt have imagined.
In a post on Instagram, she wrote: โSavouring every millisecond left with my Glinda (although sheโll be with me irrevocably, forever). she shows me so many new things every day.
โโI am so grateful, I donโt know what to do or say โฆ to be here in Oz where everyday is a life changing one โฆ to be feeling, learning and growing so much at such a disarming speed โฆ to feel so much love around me, to begin each day before the sun is up and to end after it sets.โ
She went on to add: โTo work in the safest, most beautiful and loving, biggest-yet-most-intimate/tiny-feeling spaces โฆ To be lead by the most thoughtful, brilliant, compassionate and warmest possible director on this planet, my other Ozian best friend ever Jon [director Jon M. Chu] โฆ to be transforming and healing parts of me that I never knew needed it. Or maybe did.โ
Ariana is believed to be living in London while working on the two-part movie with reports suggesting sheโs rented a plush mansion in the north of the UK capital.
A source previously told The Sun newspaper: โAriana is renting a stunning house in one of the capitalโs most sought-after neighbourhoods. โBut anyone who thinks they might catch a glimpse of her has no chance, as the place she has found is like a fortress. โThe home has private grounds and is well out of reach of other people, so sheโll be able to totally switch off after filming โฆ No expense has been spared in the house. It really is like a palace.โ
The singer will play Glinda The Good Witch in the forthcoming two films, which will be released in December 2024 and December 2025. The โ7 Ringsโ hitmaker saw off competition from Amanda Seyfried to land the role.