'Wicked' star Cynthia Erivo stops to chat with THR on the Critics Choice Awards carpet and talks about her relationship with reviews and shares her strategy for the first time she'll watch 'Wicked: For Good' in full. Plus, she says she's hoping to make it to the first performance of the first Black Elphaba on Broadway.
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00:00Congratulations on all of the Wicked success. Do you read reviews or how do you kind of approach the critic side of things?
00:07Sometimes the reviews get sent to me, that's how I sort of welcome them in. If they come to me, then I see them, then great.
00:15I don't necessarily seek them out. I think I'm too much of a nervous character to do that.
00:20I just hope and try and do the work as well as I can, and if it works, then it works.
00:26Wicked for good, have you seen anything?
00:28I haven't seen anything, and I'm livid about it because I want to see it.
00:34Do you have a plan of how you want to watch it? By yourself, do you want to be with people?
00:40The first time I watched the first movie, I just had one other person with me. I kind of needed to see it by myself,
00:47with maybe one other, max one other person, and then I can see it with other people in a group.
00:52I need to have my first initial reaction, where it becomes way too overwhelming, and then I can settle and see it again.
01:00That's how I want to see it.
01:01Since this has come out, I believe we have the first Black Alphabet on Broadway. What does that mean to see?
01:07I want to see if I can be there for her first show.
01:10That would be amazing. Have you had any communication or anything?
01:13No, but you're spoiling the surprises.
01:16Surprise, surprise. Don't watch this.
01:17Don't watch this, don't watch this. I'm going to try and reach out in a way.
01:23The timing of that is so beautiful.
01:24I'm so pleased. I'm really pleased for her. I'm very excited for her.
01:28I hope she has the most wonderful time, and I'm rooting for her. I can't wait to see it.
01:33What has been the best kind of fan reaction you've gotten from this experience so far? I'm sure you've gotten a lot.
01:40I've gotten loads of different types of things. Some of the ones that mean a lot are the letters that I've gotten from people.
01:47Where they talk about how they feel like they connect with Alphabet, and they see themselves in Alphabet.
01:52And then you can go to the other side of the spectrum where people are singing the walk right to me in the street.
01:57You know, it's just that kind of vast difference in reaction, but I kind of love it because it's so human and so real.
02:05So that's what I love, yeah.
02:07It's true. You must have so many people singing at you now.
02:09Yeah, I do, and I love it. Because usually it's me.
02:12It's usually me singing at people, but now I get serenaded everywhere I go. It's nice.