Cynthia Erivo Performs Glinda in ‘Nigerian Wicked’ Sketch on ‘SNL UK’
Cynthia Erivo bought the prospect to spoof Wicked and play Glinda within the latest episode of Saturday Night Live U.K.
The 39-year-old three-time Oscar nominee hosted SNL UK over the weekend and appeared in all of her pink glory as Glinda for the present. She appeared wearing a blonde wig and pink tracksuit for the sketch alongside Ayoade Bamgboye, who performed Elphaba.
Cynthia performed Elphaba in Wicked alongside Ariana Grande‘s Glinda. In the film, they specific themselves by way of music, just like the notable grudge match in “What Is This Feeling,” nonetheless the comedic sketch took a extra humorous method.
Glinda merely slaps Elphaba and calls her “very classless.”
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There’s additionally a joke about not with the ability to afford Elphaba’s makeover and Glinda noting they’ll get all of it paid off by the Wizard.
“The Wizard?” Ayoade says. “But I’m a virgin!”
There’s loads of different jokes all through the sketch too, with the pair virtually kissing at one level after which going to the Wizard within the “emerald, white, and emerald metropolis” the place Glinda says she needs the Wizard to get her a Birkin bag.
When the pair return to Shiz on the finish, they lean in for an precise kiss earlier than it involves an finish with a giant explosion impact, a reference to the numerous Glinda and Elphaba shippers on the market.
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