‘Wicked’ Cast Play Never Have I Ever

Should everyone cry? Shall we cry?

I'll do the crying.

I haven't squeezed one out yet.

You haven't squeezed it out yet.

Actually, I cried too much last night.

[all laugh]

Hi, British Vogue, I'm Cynthia Erivo.

I'm Ariana Grande.

And I'm Jonathan Bailey,

and we are playing, Never Have I Ever.

Go on, Cynthia.

[paper rustles]

♪ Everything is fake ♪

♪ This is all a lie ♪

Never have I ever had stage fright.

I have.

But what is the secret to not having stage fright?

I don't know, I've never had stage fright before.

I've been nervous, but it's not made me-

Wait, is stage fright when it makes you throw up?

No, stage fright is when you're like,

I cannot get on stage. Because I haven't had that.

Oh, no.

Or you leave halfway through it.

Oh, no, then never.

No, I have actually.

Baby, when was that?

No, I had a speech in Othello.

It was about three weeks midway through the run

where all I could hear in my brain was

do-do-do-do-do. [all laugh]

It was like the pre-broadband dial up sound.

No [laughs].

Oh no!

And even the actors on stage,

you know when the actors on stage slightly sort of,

their eyes just go a little bit cross-eyed,

because they're panicking for you.

Yeah. So, yeah, I have had that.

Oh, no. Sweet.

But you work through it, you know.

Yeah. Okay.

Never have I ever had a costume mishap.

When though? In life, I think.

My bra came open one time on stage.

Oh my God, yes! Yes.

You didn't even feel the breeze, it was just there.

Yeah, they just-

Just bounced out.

They just popped, it just fell to the ground.

[Cynthia] I have, yeah. Go on.

I did the flip for the first time

and all my buttons fell off,

every button that I had on popped.

[Cynthia] All of 'em just came off.

Yeah.

But you gotta stay in it. You do.

And you keep rolling with the punches.

Just go with it.

And that is why we're here.

[paper rustles]

Okay.

Never have I ever forgotten my lines whilst filming.

I mean, I love calling for a line.

It just happens.

Yeah, you call for a line, for sure.

Just bring everyone together.

Yeah, line!

I don't know, I just make shit up.

I know, well that's it, you just keep going.

Yeah, I will say there was one time I foolishly acquiesced

to singing the national anthem at a basketball game.

Oh my gosh, shame.

Bad idea.

I got there and the dial-up came.

Oh, the dial-up.

Dial-up turned up, and I tell you-

Is it on YouTube?

I don't know, it might be somewhere.

I haven't found it. Shall we?

I did continue after a while, I found my way eventually.

Yeah.

But for a split second,

which felt like 20 years, I could not remember a damn thing.

Yeah, there are two spots in the national anthem.

Yes.

I feel like where I could actually be singing

the same thing three times in a row.

[Cynthia] Yeah.

♪ Bam chicka-wow-wow ♪

It reminds me of that part in Zoolander.

Oh yeah.

Keeps circling around and he's like,

No matter how many friends you lose,

no matter how many people you leave dead

bleeding and dying along the way,

just so you can make a name for yourself,

no matter how many friends you lose,

no matter how many people you leave dead,

bleeding and dying along the way,

but it's the national anthem instead.

Sorry, you were saying?

Never have I ever stolen something from set.

It's really just a question of

what didn't I steal from set?

[Cynthia] This is true.

Truly. What about you?

I have a few things.

You have to start on day one to like siphon off.

Siphon it off.

Start off with little handbags.

When that broom, when you got that tucked away

between your legs running along towards the-

[Cynthia's hand slaps]

And I definitely have my broom.

I have a pair of Cynthia's ears.

[Cynthia] True.

Her prosthetic ears. That's a long story.

Have you ever tried them on, no?

No, I haven't tried 'em on yet,

but I like to keep them out as if they're like,

like a pastry.

Oh, nice.

You know, like I'll put them out with food or something

just to confuse people, you know,

just to see if they think maybe it's like a croissant

and then it's an ear.

I love that.

And they go, Whoa, wait a minute.

Never have I ever had a paranormal experience, you have.

I've had so many.

Those are stories to be kept to-

I feel like they're for sharing not in this room.

[all laugh]

No offense, British Vogue, I love you.

You've gotta have some.

I'm sure I do, but maybe I just find them normal,

and then don't realize that they're paranormal.

You're such like an open heart.

I feel like you've got to.

Maybe, maybe I'm just not recognizing that it's happening.

I've got plenty. I'm sure it's happening.

Or maybe I'm just cookie.

[all laugh]

But you see them, I just do not.

I don't know that I've seen them.

Oh, they did materialize that one time.

When? And I told you about those-

Yeah, that's true.

With the photos.

Another time. I'm so intrigued.

You almost got me to tell.

♪ It's the last one ♪

♪ Picking from the bowl ♪

Never have I ever got starstruck, I have, of course.

Yeah, but just recently for you, no?

Oh my God, I've been starstruck my whole life.

Couple of times.

Wait, what are you talking about?

Huh?

Which one are you talking?

Oh yes, oh my goodness.

Yeah.

Paul McCartney.

Oh yeah, that was- Aretha Franklin for me.

Yeah. That was crazy.

Aretha!

What about you?

Mine's Louis Theroux.

That's pretty good, that's good too, what?

I saw him at Glastonbury, I didn't even speak to him,

but we were in the same field

and I was like really overwhelmed.

We're lucky to have loved so many people,

and have had positive experiences with them.

Yeah.

That was Never Have I Ever, thank you for watching.

♪ Thank you ♪

What, what?

♪ Never have I never ♪

What, what?

[Crew] She told you to stop talking.

[all laugh]