It's onerous to think about Wicked: For Good with out, properly, "For Good." So, why did director Jon M. Chu ask his staff to edit a model of the movie with out its songs?

"We wished to verify each tune match and have been the fitting size — particularly of the brand new ones," the filmmaker tells Leisure Weekly, referencing the addition of "No Place Like Dwelling" and "Woman within the Bubble" as new ballads composer Stephen Schwartz crafted for Cynthia Erivo's Elphaba and Ariana Grande's Glinda, respectively.

"So yeah, we did variations the place we took the songs out — simply to double test, to verify, 'Can this story work with out the tune?'" Chu mentioned. "And we realized, no, you really need it for this film."

Thank goodness.

Does Glinda recognize the Tin Man? 'Wicked: For Good' director reveals his interpretation 'Wicked: For Good' director reveals secret note Fiyero sent Elphaba that explains surprise ending

Chu admits he, at occasions, is "not a lyric particular person."

"I can't really sustain with lyrics typically, and I would like cinema to assist me perceive," he explains. "The lyrics are so deep and so good that typically I simply want slightly little bit of visible assist to get us there."

The director factors to "No Good Deed" as a type of moments.

He feels that the tune — which comes after Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey) has been captured and crushed, and Elphaba reckons with how her actions influence these round her — might come throughout as "a one-note declaration," so he was keen to offer the character a real examination of her previous.

Get your each day dose of leisure information, movie star updates, and what to look at with our EW Dispatch publication.

"If you return and see Shiz once more, it brings you again to her entire journey," he says of the flashback moments through the scene. "If you see Marissa [Bode] that method once more, Oh my God, Nessarose was so harmless. And there was this second the place [Fiyero] appeared again, and Elphaba taking a look at him, after which that creates this, Did I miss my alternative? How did this all go to s—?"

Hundreds of thousands of followers are possible grateful they're not asking the identical after watching a Depraved: For Good with out its songs.

Shut