Ethan Slater Shares Photos fromWickedSet Featuring Now-Girlfriend Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and More

Mar. 15, 2025

Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater behind the scenes ofWicked(2024).Photo:Ethan Slater/Instagram

Ethan Slater/Instagram

Ethan Slateris reflecting on his magical time makingWicked.

The actor, 32, who plays Boq in the musical film, shared a carousel ofbehind-the-scenes photoson Instagram Friday, Nov. 22, to celebrateWickedofficially opening in theaters.

Slater’s post included snapshots of himself with the crew and many of his fellow costars — including now-girlfriendAriana Grande,Cynthia Erivo,Bronwyn JamesandMarissa Bode— plus a black-and-white photo of directorJon M. Chuin action.

“Wicked is out now, in theaters, and you can go see it, and that’s crazy,” Slater wrote. “To say I’m honored to be a part of this movie is the understatement of the century.”

“I cannot wait for you to see it,” he concluded.

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Slater — who began dating Grande, 31, after meeting on the set ofWickedin late 2022 — has praised his girlfriend’s performance as Glinda in their new film, sharing that he is “really proud” of her in aGQinterviewpublished Oct. 30.

“She’s poured herself into it,” the Broadway star said, adding that he is “really excited to be there for this next step of it when the world gets to see the amazing thing that she did.”

Slater and Grande have appeared together at events promotingWicked, and even shared a cute moment at the Los Angeles premiere on Nov. 9, when sheadjusted his bow tie on the red carpet.

The sweet moment occurred as the pop star and Slater posed for photos at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion alongside Erivo, 37, plusJeff Goldblumand otherWickedcastmates, as well as the stars of the show’s original Broadway production,Idina MenzelandKristin Chenoweth.

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Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater behind the scenes ofWicked(2024).Ethan Slater/Instagram

“I did two scenes and sang Boq’s songs, ‘The Ozdust Ballroom’ and ‘March of the Witch Hunters,’ which is the second movie,” he said, in an interview forPEOPLE’s new specialWickededition.

“But,” theSpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musicalalum continued, “I should say that I didn’t have anyone to read with at the time, so the tape I sent in is me playing Glinda and Nessa off camera, and then me reading with a video of myself.”

Playing three characters at once in his audition tape was “bold,” Slater allowed, “I can’t believe I got away with it. But I knew I wanted to take my time with it … and I couldn’t get somebody to spend that time with me, so I just did it with myself.”

source: people.com