Wicked” stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande have defended how they frequently tear up while discussing the film in interviews.

I’ve watched this like 30 times, and I still can’t parse a single thing going on here,’ fan says about viral interview

At one point, star Cynthia Erivo clasped her hand to her chest, visibly emotionally bowled-over by her interviewer's inscrutable assemblage of nouns and verbs.

"I've seen this week, people are taking the lyrics of ‘Defying Gravity' and really holding space with that, and feeling power in that," Gilchrist says to Erivo in a clip of the exchange. The sentiment touched Erivo,