Ariana Grande may be the queen of impressions, but her Wicked co-star Cynthia Erivo could be giving her a bit of competition.
Erivo, 37, who previously spoke about her ‘trepidation’ about coming out as queer, delivered a spot on impersonation of the Grammy winner during an ‘Agree to Disagree’ interview with LadBible.
When the pair were asked whether they agreed with the statement ‘I can do an impression of the person opposite me better than they can do an impression of me,’ both Grande, 31, and Erivo moved their water glasses to a spot on the table with the words ‘Strongly Disagree’ were written.
‘I think you underestimate your impersonation abilities,’ the Thank U, Next singer told her pal.
‘I cannot’, said Erivo. ‘I think you underestimate them,’ re-stated Grande.
‘I think you underestimate them,’ Erivo repeated in a precise impersonation of her friend.
Ariana Grande may be the queen of impressions, but her Wicked co-star Cynthia Erivo could be giving her a bit of competition. Erivo gave her own impressive impersonation of Grande in a recent interview
‘See what I’m saying,’ Grande said to the interviewer, then turning to Erivo, said, ‘there you go.’
‘Is that good?’ asked the Tony winner. ‘Yeah, that was great!’ declared Grande. ‘That was beautiful.’
‘Beautiful,’ Erivo repeated in her best Ariana voice.
The Into You artist continued, ‘She has secret impersonations, and she’s like “I don’t do impersonations, that’s not my thing,” and then she’ll drop in to like the best impersonation I’ve ever heard.’
‘All will be revealed on your SNL,’ Grande told the Drama Desk Award winner.
Grande impersonated several people during her own Saturday Night Live episode, including one of actress Jennifer Coolidge.
‘Fine,’ Erivo conceded. ‘Mark my words,’ Grande said.
‘Your impersonations are spot on, ‘ Erivo complemented her co-star. ‘Thank you,’ she said.
The showdown took place during an ‘Agree to Disagree’ interview with LadBible after they were asked to respond to the sentence ‘I can do an impression of the person opposite me better than they can do an impression of me’
‘I think you underestimate your impersonation abilities,’ the Thank U, Next singer told her pal. ‘I cannot’, said Erivo. ‘I think you underestimate them,’ re-stated Grande
‘I think you underestimate them,’ Erivo repeated in a precise impersonation of her friend. Grande told fans to expect more impersonations when Erivo hosts SNL at a future date
The pop-icon surprised her co-star doing an impression on Erivo on demand for Access Hollywood at the Wicked premiere in Los Angeles earlier this month.
Wicked emerged the big winner at the box office its debut weekend, pulling in $112.5 million in ticket sales.
The film has received a 90-percent approval rating from the critics at Rotten Tomatoes.
Grande sneaked into a showing of the movie with her grandmother and brother Frankie in her hometown of Boca Raton, Florida on Sunday
Audiences gave the musical a higher 97-percent score.
Wicked made another $50 million internationally, for a global total of $162.5 million, more than any other movie adaptation of a Broadway musical.
Grande sneaked into a showing of the movie with her grandmother and brother Frankie in her hometown of Boca Raton, Florida on Sunday.
‘Flew to Boca for the day to watch with Nonna at the movie theater I grew up going to every weekend,’ and giving a shoutout to the Cinemark 20.
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