Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande filmed a \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d kissing scene that ultimately proved to be a little too steamy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a scene between Fiyero and Glinda that we cut in which they kissed; it was romantic and beautiful, but a little too passionate,\u201d the movie\u2019s co-writer Dana Fox recently told\u00a0Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n In the sweeping musical, Grande\u2019s character, Galinda (who becomes \u201cGood Witch\u201d Glinda), is betrothed to Bailey\u2019s character, Prince Fiyero \u2014 who ultimately betrays her for Cynthia Erivo\u2019s Elphaba (who becomes the \u201cWicked Witch of the West\u201d).<\/p>\n A \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d co-writer explained why a steamy kissing scene between Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey didn\u2019t make the movie\u2019s final cut. \u00a9Universal\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n \u201cIt was too real that he and Glinda were actually feeling something together,\u201d writer Dana Fox told Deadline. \u00a9Universal\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n \u201cSeeing that made it too hard to watch him make the choice he makes to be with Elphaba, and made it too hard to make it OK that Elphaba ran off with him,\u201d Fox continued.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was too real that he and Glinda were actually feeling something together,\u201d Fox said, adding that while Fiyero \u201creally did love\u201d Glinda, he \u201clikes her in a different way.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cBut this scene was too romantic, so it was like, \u2018Oh, we can\u2019t know that because then our brains will explode when he doesn\u2019t choose her in the end. And then we\u2019ll hate Elphaba, Glinda and Fiyero.’\u201d<\/p>\n While Bailey\u2019s character, Fiyero, \u201creally did love\u201d Grande\u2019s Glinda, he \u201clikes her in a different way,\u201d Fox explained. \u00a9Universal\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Fox called the cut kissing scene \u201ca little too passionate.\u201d \u00a9Universal\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n \u201cSo, I think it was a good cut because it was too adorable that you simply couldn\u2019t handle it.\u201d <\/p>\n Fox shared that there are no regrets when it comes to \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d footage left on the cutting room floor. <\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything that I wish we hadn\u2019t cut because everything we cut, I felt we cut for exactly the right reasons,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n Reps for Grande and Bailey did not immediately return Page Six\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cI think it was a good cut because it was too adorable that you simply couldn\u2019t handle it,\u201d Fox shared. Getty Images for Universal Pictures<\/p>\n Bailey\u2019s character, Fiyero, ultimately leaves Grande\u2019s Glinda for Cynthia Erivo\u2019s Elphaba. Bruce Glikas\/WireImage<\/p>\n Despite the complex character dynamics, Grande and Erivo share a close friendship. \u00a9Universal\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Fox co-wrote the movie \u2014 the sequel to last year\u2019s \u201cWicked\u201d \u2014 with Winnie Holzman. The epic two-part film was helmed by Jon. M. Chu. <\/p>\n Despite the onscreen dynamic between Erivo, 38, and Grande, 32, the pair have proven to be famously steadfast friends off-screen<\/a> \u2014 with Erivo jumping in to protect Grande<\/a> after a crazed fan rushed Grande during the Singapore red carpet premiere earlier this month. <\/p>\n \u201cCynthia is just an absolute brilliant gift of a human being,\u201d Grande said during a December 2024 episode of Variety\u2019s Actors on Actors. <\/p>\n