‘Depraved’ Costume Designer Paul Tazewell Particulars Working With Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo
Cynthia Erivo is aware of followers throughout Oz had been interested in her apparel.
One specific costume piece shortly took on a lifetime of its personal after the discharge of Depraved: For Good when it was featured prominently throughout a romantic scene between Cynthia’s Elphaba and Jonathan Bailey’s Fiyero. And whereas viewers shortly memed what was dubbed the “intercourse cardigan,” because the Depraved star defined, the costume served a really particular function.
“I simply wished to current a chance to see this character who all people at this level has seen as this sturdy preventing lady, who’s the Depraved Witch, as somebody who may truly be on her personal,” Cynthia shared with followers throughout a current Airbnb occasion. “I simply wished one thing that eliminated the armor for a second, whereas, sure, displaying you a extra sensual, extra related aspect of her.”
Because the 38-year-old added, the aforementioned cardigan—which Elphaba wore through the music “As Lengthy As You’re Mine” in her hideout—was not meant to show her character “right into a sexual object.”
