{"id":1880,"date":"2025-12-02T10:17:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T10:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/?p=555187"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"wicked-for-good-writer-reveals-why-they-decided-to-make-glindas-ending-so-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/12\/02\/wicked-for-good-writer-reveals-why-they-decided-to-make-glindas-ending-so-different\/","title":{"rendered":"Wicked: For Good writer reveals why they decided to make Glinda’s ending so different"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wicked: For Good<\/a> has officially crash-landed into our lives, and yes, the emotional damage is real. The long-awaited follow-up to 2024\u2019s Wicked brings the second act of the iconic musical to the big screen with Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande\u2019s Glinda giving us their final, heart-smashing chapter, with one major twist in the ending.<\/p>\n

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In Jon M. Chu\u2019s sequel, the final moments hint that Elphaba may have done the unthinkable: Passed some of her magic to Glinda.<\/a> The scene shows Glinda clutching the Grimmerie, the same spellbook Elphaba gives her, and for the first time ever, it actually opens for her. Longtime fans know that on stage, Glinda never gets to perform \u201creal\u201d magic, let alone unlock the Grimmerie.<\/p>\n

Chu told Entertainment Weekly<\/a> that the moment is intentionally loaded:
\u201cElphaba giving Glinda the book is her saying, \u2018You know the power that you have, and you know the truth\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Basically, Glinda\u2019s magic-girl era might be here\u2026 or not. Even Chu says there\u2019s no definitive answer: \u201cWhat are you going to be? We don\u2019t know what Glinda does. We just know the possibilities are beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But now screenwriter Dana Fox has revealed why the movie made such a massive change, and why Glinda\u2019s moment with the Grimmerie hits so hard.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Deadline,<\/a> Fox explained that the emotional key to that scene is Glinda finally admitting the one thing she\u2019s always been ashamed of: She can\u2019t read the Grimmerie. That confession comes after the film\u2019s earlier flashback to Glinda as a child, desperate for magic she could never access.<\/p>\n

Fox says that honesty is exactly why Glinda \u201cearns\u201d the Grimmerie opening for her at the end, something that never happens in the musical: \u201cThat is her deepest shame\u2026 The fact that she admits it, to me, is why I think she earns the Grimmerie opening to her at the end of the film.\u201d<\/p>\n

But don\u2019t get too comfortable, because Fox immediately clarifies that her interpretation isn\u2019t the \u201ccorrect\u201d one. She and co-writer Winnie Holzman want the ending deliberately ambiguous: \u201cDid she open it for her? Does she know that it opened for her? Did she feel it? That should be everyone\u2019s moment to decide.\u201d<\/p>\n

So whether you believe Glinda finally unlocked her own inner power, or that Elphaba sent one last magical \u201cI love you\u201d from afar, the film wants you to choose your own ending.<\/p>\n

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