Wicked makes everyone cry. Hundreds of fans have shared weepy videos from the cinema as the final credits roll. Then there’s the cast who literally can’t stop crying in their interviews. It’s hardly surprising that the man responsible for putting the two films together in the first place can’t seem to stop tearing up either.

Myron Kerstein, editor of both Wicked films, first cried when he took his son to see the musical on Broadway in the early 2000s. Then, 20 years later, he found himself tearing up in the editing room once again, watching Elphaba and Glinda’s first emotional dance at the Ozdust Ballroom, and, later, when they sang their final goodbyes from a castle turret in For Good.

He really is just like us. And perhaps that’s what made him the perfect candidate for the job: From

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