Ariane Grande filmed the Wicked movies while struggling with real life obstacles.

In the midst of a very public divorce and a demanding double film shoot, the actress and singer channelled her real-life heartbreak into the performance of her career – one that’s now generating serious Oscar buzz.

Grande filmed both Wicked and its sequel Wicked: For Good back-to-back, taking on the role of Glinda the Good Witch of the North in Jon M. Chu’s ambitious adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical.

And according to Chu, it was precisely the turbulence of Grande’s off-screen life that gave her on-screen performance its unexpected depth.

‘I got to watch her on days be upset in her real life and have to open up even more to deliver for us,’ Chu told The New York Times in a new profile on the star

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