Current:Home > MyWhy Ariana Grande’s Brother Frankie Grande Broke Down in Tears Over Her Wicked Casting -Visionary Wealth Guides
Why Ariana Grande’s Brother Frankie Grande Broke Down in Tears Over Her Wicked Casting
View
Date:2025-04-16 01:21:47
Frankie Grande knows his sister Ariana Grande is truly that girl.
In fact, when the Grammy winner told her loved ones she landed the role of Glinda the Good Witch in Wicked, they simply felt like dancing through life.
"So, she told me in person, we were at the Bourbon Room in Hollywood," Frankie told Justin Sylvester and Zuri Hall on the red carpet at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Nov. 9. "I was about to perform in my show Horror Camp. And she told me in the bathroom, and we fell on the ground in sobbing tears, me my mother and my sister, and it was just such a beautiful thing."
He added, "You know, obviously, coming from a musical theater family and a musical theater background, just knowing that she was going to get to live this dream that I have watched her dream about for so long, for her entire life. It's very hard to put into words, but I'm just so proud of her."
To get your tickets for Wicked, premiering Nov. 22, click here.This, of course, wouldn’t be the first time the Summoning Sylvia star opened up about his emotional reaction to learning his sibling landed her dream role.
"She worked very, very, very, very, very hard on the audition process and she would let me in afterwards and tell me how each one of them went," Frankie told E! News in March 2023. "I remember when she told me that she booked it, we just both burst into tears together. Because it was something that she had been dreaming of her entire life."
So much so, that when the “7 Rings” singer landed the opportunity of the a lifetime, she was determined to channel all her focus into the film.
“I have never wanted something as badly as I did this,” she explained during a February interview with Zach Sang, emphasizing how much dedication playing Glinda really takes. “Everything about me, I had to deconstruct to prove to them that I could handle taking on this other person. I had to completely erase popstar Ari—the person that they know so well—because it’s even harder to believe someone as someone else when you’re so branded as one thing. I had to go all the way and strip that down.”
Read on to see every star at tonight's red carpet event...
(E!, Universal and Fandango are part of the NBCUniversal Family.)
Watch E! News weeknights Monday through Thursday at 11 p.m., only on E!.veryGood! (45376)
Related
- Charges tied to China weigh on GM in Q4, but profit and revenue top expectations
- Louis Gossett Jr., Oscar-winning actor in 'An Officer and a Gentleman,' dies at 87
- Volunteers uncover fate of thousands of Lost Alaskans sent to Oregon mental hospital a century ago
- Convicted ex-New Orleans mayor has done his time. Now, can he get the right to carry a gun?
- Trump issues order to ban transgender troops from serving openly in the military
- FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years on crypto fraud charges
- James Madison moves quickly, hires Preston Spradlin as new men's basketball coach
- Tennessee lawmakers split on how and why to give businesses major tax help under fear of lawsuit
- Juan Soto to be introduced by Mets at Citi Field after striking record $765 million, 15
- Illinois’ Elite Eight run led by Terrence Shannon Jr., who faces rape charge, isn’t talking to media
Ranking
- This was the average Social Security benefit in 2004, and here's what it is now
- Audit finds inadequate state oversight in Vermont’s largest fraud case
- Flying during the solar eclipse? These airports could see delays, FAA says
- Abercrombie & Fitch’s Clearance Section Is Full of Cute Styles, Plus Almost Everything Else Is On Sale
- Nearly half of US teens are online ‘constantly,’ Pew report finds
- What is Holy Saturday? What the day before Easter means for Christians around the world
- Clark and Reese bring star power to Albany 2 Regional that features Iowa, LSU, Colorado and UCLA
- ACLU, Planned Parenthood challenge Ohio abortion restrictions after voter referendum
Recommendation
Buckingham Palace staff under investigation for 'bar brawl'
Judge questions Border Patrol stand that it’s not required to care for children at migrant camps
Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Husband Ryan Anderson Split: Untangling Their Eyebrow-Raising Relationship
Terrence Shannon Jr. powers Illinois to Elite Eight amid controversy
How to watch new prequel series 'Dexter: Original Sin': Premiere date, cast, streaming
At least 5 deaths linked to recalled supplement pill containing red mold
Key takeaways about the condition of US bridges and their role in the economy
Sean Diddy Combs Seen for the First Time Since Federal Raids at His Homes