Already a part of Erivo was her love of a fierce manicure, so it wasn’t a stretch to add artfully painted nails to her magical motif. But, she told Vogue, “it’s a case of using the nails to connect the story of Elphaba, rather than interpreting her. It’s continuing the culture that was there before.”
Margaret Hamilton, who played the Wicked Witch of the West in 1939’s The Wizard of Oz, “had nails,” Erivo explained. “I have nails and Elphaba has nails. Technically, she has nails because of us.”
Grande, meanwhile, has been sporting demure French manicures in keeping with Glinda’s dainty traditional tendencies.
And for further frank analysis, take a closer look at every one of Erivo and Grande’s Wicked-inspired looks right here:
