“It’s something that I’m just really proud of,” she said of her voice. “Part of why I did want to engage [with critics] is because I am really proud of my hard work and of the fact that I did give 100 percent of myself, including my physicality, to this role. I am proud of that, so I wanted to protect it.”
And Ariana’s boyfriend Ethan Slater—whom she met while filming Wicked—feels similarly about her commitment to the role.
“I’m just really, really proud of Ari and the work she’s done on this,” he told GQ in October. “She’s poured herself into it. I’m really excited to be here for this next step of when the world gets to see the amazing thing that she did.”
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