‘Wicked’ Director Jon Chu Teases Cynthia Erivo-Written Songs in Second Film & Britney Biopic

‘Wicked’ Director Jon Chu caught up with Billboard's Tetris Kelly at the 2025 Golden Globes.

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00:00I'm hanging out with John True, the director of Wicked, and I'm sorry, I gotta start right away

00:04with the campaign for the deleted scene of the Friendship Montage.

00:07Ariana's on it twice. What do we gotta do to get this scene?

00:10Listen, what do you do if I might use it in another movie? I have another movie to go.

00:14You have another movie coming.

00:16Yes, and there's certain footage that I can't release because I don't know if I'm gonna use it yet.

00:20Okay, we're gonna think about For Good. It might be there.

00:23If it's not in For Good, it better be on the deleted scenes then.

00:24Fair enough, fair enough.

00:25We're making a deal here.

00:26I cannot promise things. I already got in trouble with Universal for promising things.

00:30But I'll consider it.

00:31Okay, and what can you tell us about Cynthia's new songs that she wrote for the second movie?

00:36I can say nothing other than I'm very excited for people to see For Good. It's really good.

00:41And I've been watching your interviews. You seem like such a fan of Wicked itself,

00:44which you should be, but if you had to pick yourself, are you more of an Elphaba or a Glenda?

00:48You know, you're gonna get me in trouble. These girls watch what colors I wear every day.

00:52I'm glad you're wearing green and pink.

00:54I did both.

00:55You would have been in trouble. I love both of them so much.

00:58Every day, I'm a little bit Elphaba and a little bit Glenda.

01:02Okay, and I gotta say one thing. I was so happy to watch Wicked and think to myself,

01:06is this who is in control of Britney Spears' biopic?

01:08It's in good hands. What are your thoughts with that and what's coming?

01:12Well, I really can't talk about that yet, but, you know, I'm a big fan of Britney.

01:16I've been her fan since I was young and she was young and she was one of 12 acts

01:22at the Shrine Auditorium. So I want to do her justice and tell her story right.

01:28But we'll see. We're developing it now and it's a long road ahead.

01:30Super excited. Can't wait to talk about it then. Thank you, John. Thank you.