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Sarah El-Mahmoud

I Just Found Out That Ariana Grande And Jonathan Bailey Originally Had A Kissing Scene In Wicked, But It Was Cut: 'You Simply Couldn't Handle It'

Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande as Fiyero and Glinda looking at each other and smiling in Wicked For Good "Thank Goodness" scene .

I couldn’t be happier about how Wicked: For Good turned out, and based on the reactions from critics, our own Wicked 2 review and the smash box office success already, I’m not alone in that feeling. Still, it’s always fun to learn the ways in which the movie changed throughout production. For example, the co-writer of the Wicked sequel has revealed one “too passionate” moment between Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey’s Glinda and Fiyero was cut. SPOILERS AHEAD.

As revealed early in For Good, Glinda and Fiyero get engaged to be married, but it’s not necessarily out of true love between the pair. In the movie, The Wizard, Glinda and Madame Morrible “surprise” Fiyero with the news of the arrangement in front of a crowd. Here’s what co-writer Dana Fox told Deadline:

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