Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero looking over his shoulder near Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba in Wicked For Good
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Sign in to your ScreenRant account Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recapThis article contains spoilers for Wicked: For Good.
Concluding the untold story of the witches of Oz, Wicked: For Good stars Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Ethan Slater, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum. Directed by Jon M. Chu, the film is the second of two installments, the first being last year's Wicked, based on the stage musical of the same name, and follows the Wicked Witch of the West, Elphaba (Erivo), and her former friend Glinda the Good (Grande) on opposite sides of Oz's propaganda-fueled political scene.
One of the most show-stopping moments of For Good sees Erivo perform "No Good Deed," a number in which Elphaba desperately attempts to save her love interest Fiyero (Bailey) after he sacrifices himself for her escape. According to Erivo, this moment required her to tap into her emotions more than many of the film's other songs.
"I’m really proud of ‘No Good Deed,'" said Erivo. "It was me on my own, there was no-one there [...] I’m shooting against, really, a blue screen and a plinth and fire and rocks."
The film portrays her powerful display of magic with visual effects and flashbacks, but Erivo, of course, had none of that imagery while filming. As such, she had to conjure Elphaba's feelings from within herself. The actress explained: "The dynamism with which we had to shoot it looking back, and the memories, looking back at things that had gone past, none of that was there to look at, it’s all in the mind."
"So I was really proud of being able to do something that was that big, that grand, and still be able to hone into the feeling, the moment," she continued. Alternatively, the film's emotional climax, a duet between Elphaba and Glinda entitled "For Good," was also a heavy moment for the opposite reason; she and Grande sharing the song allowed them to "achieve" a greater level of "vulnerability."
"I think that there’s a choice to back away from the hurt and pain that they both have to experience," said Erivo. "There’s a choice to sort of avoid it. But we ran headlong into it, and I’m really proud of that." She then noted that, "previously, Elphaba has often been thought of as like a really strong character, who knows [herself] and is very, very confident," but through "For Good," the film was "able to crack open her vulnerability, crack often a softer side of her that hasn’t necessarily been on show before."
Erivo was "really proud" to show "a weaker side of her that has to sort of let go of things." She concluded: "We sort of humanized this character and made her really, you know, three-dimensional, someone who... whose heart really beats. You know, who... who has guttural instinct, who has heartbreak and loss and grief, and... and hurt and pain and love and lust, and all of those things, and desire. And we’ve been able to sort of make that... make that real."
The song, which serves as a loving farewell and mutual apology between the duo, has long been a fan favorite in the play, leading to it becoming the namesake of the film. Wicked: For Good is now playing in theaters.
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November 21, 2025
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Jon M. Chu
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Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox, Gregory Maguire
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