{"id":143828,"date":"2025-06-17T06:27:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=143828"},"modified":"2025-06-17T06:27:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:27:31","slug":"ariana-grande-and-megara-elizabeth-gillies-should-play-the-role-not-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/ariana-grande-and-megara-elizabeth-gillies-should-play-the-role-not-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande and Megara: Elizabeth Gillies should play the role, not her?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ariana Grande<\/strong>\u2019s 2024 was one for the books with album Eternal Sunshine and Wicked making major waves. During her January interview on <strong>Variety\u2019s Awards Circuit Podcast<\/strong>, Ariana finally weighed in on the long-running rumor that she might play Megara in Disney\u2019s upcoming live-action<strong> Hercules<\/strong>. Her answer? A twist fans didn\u2019t see coming.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1878233002905624713\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ariana Grande talks how playing Glinda in &quot;Wicked&quot; changed her life, and the musicals she wants to see made into movies on Variety&#39;s Awards Circuit Podcast. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8LPBh216T6\">https:\/\/t.co\/8LPBh216T6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1878233002905624713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Although Ari has been a top fan pick for Meg since the remake was announced, she set the record straight, saying, \u201c<strong>It\u2019s never been an actual discussion<\/strong>.\u201d But instead of brushing it off, she gave the mic to someone else:<strong> Elizabeth Gillies<\/strong>. \u201cShe\u2019s brilliant,\u201d Ariana gushed. \u201cThat would be a fantastic role for her.\u201d And let\u2019s be honest, anyone who watched Victorious knows Liz\u2019s edgy vibes as Jade West would translate perfectly to Meg\u2019s sarcastic and sultry personality.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gr7nde_\/status\/1933739389282365797\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">NOOOOOOOO <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6CVv2QzWg2\">pic.twitter.com\/6CVv2QzWg2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; stella \u0f0a*\u00b7\u02da (@gr7nde_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gr7nde_\/status\/1933739389282365797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But she didn\u2019t straight up shut down her chances of appearing in the movie! The singer and actress joked that she should play <strong>Philoctetes<\/strong> (yes,\u00a0 the satyr originally voiced by Danny DeVito). ow picture Glinda the Good Witch with goat legs and a training whistle. Honestly? Iconic. Whether Ari joins the cast or not, her support for Elizabeth Gillies has fans even more hyped. The remake\u2019s casting might still be a mystery, but with Ariana Grande\u2019s blessing, Elizabeth Gillies as Megara sounds like Disney magic!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ariana Grande\u2019s 2024 was one for the books with album Eternal Sunshine and Wicked making major waves. During her January interview on Variety\u2019s Awards Circuit Podcast, Ariana finally weighed in on the long-running rumor that she might play Megara in Disney\u2019s upcoming live-action Hercules. Her answer? A twist fans didn\u2019t see coming. Although Ari has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":143829,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,1399],"tags":[20],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-143828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-movies","9":"tag-ariana-grande"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143828"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=143828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}