When it came to the character Pfannee in Jon M. Chu’s upcoming movie musical, “Wicked,” Ariana Grande knew Bowen Yang was the man for the job — so much so that she called his boss to convince him to let the actor do it.
“I was so, so over the moon excited that you were going to be able to do it — I called Lorne!” Grande told Yang in a Wednesday interview on his podcast, “Las Culturistas.”
“Wait, did you know about this?” Grande asked, nervously.
“I knew about this,” Yang assured.
“Is that OK that I — can I talk about this?”
“It’s your reveal, as long as you’re comfortable.