Cynthia Erivo praises "Wicked" director Jon M. Chu
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00:00I don't know if anyone realises, that thing is massive.
00:04Do you know how, how, like, this could have been, this could have been bad.
00:13Let's be real, let's be real.
00:15Let's be real.
00:17This could have been bad.
00:20And we're all sitting watching this because we love it.
00:24And do you know why?
00:26Because John M. Joo put his stamp on it because he loves it.
00:29Just as much as we do.
00:31The reason we're sitting here, the reason we're all here,
00:33the reason why we are here, is because that man was at the top of the hill,
00:37waking, making sure that everyone was safe enough to come up the hill with him.
00:41That's why.
00:45There is not a man in the world,
00:48who can balance what it is to be a kind human being,
00:54with being a director.
00:56Two very different things.
00:58Because your director needs to get this piece done.
01:02We need to get work done, right?
01:05But when you can be on a set,
01:08still feel like you are deeply seen,
01:11and appreciated,
01:13and loved,
01:15whilst you're doing this work,
01:18when you can come off set,
01:20and still feel seen, appreciated, and loved,
01:24that is an impossible bridge to cross.
01:27I remember when we were on the set,
01:29I was so ill, I think it was like a week or something,
01:33and I got to my house, and there was a Tupperware box of soup,
01:40that he had made.
01:43And it wasn't just any soup, I remember it was Tom Yum soup,
01:48without onion or garlic.
01:50And I say that because I hate onion and garlic.
01:55Hates!
01:56Understand?
01:57And I say this, and I know it sounds hilarious,
02:02I say this because that man thought enough of me,
02:07to make something that he knew I could actually eat,
02:11when I was ill.
02:12And then I got to set,
02:14and the place was provided for me to be able to get in a harness,
02:20and sing Defying Gravity.
02:23And at no point did I ever feel like I was on that set alone.
02:28That I was flying alone.
02:31It felt like he was flying right beside me every single time.
02:34He will hype you up like he is your best friend.
02:40Like he is the only person in the room,
02:42and if you get it wrong, it doesn't matter,
02:45because we're all just playing.
02:47We're just having fun.
02:49But still, those shots will be done by the end of the day.
02:54And you will not regret anything you have done.
02:57And you will go home feeling you have achieved the biggest things,
03:01and be ready to come back the next day.